us history chapter 6
WHat organization offered practical aid and religious counseling to the urban poor
Salvation Army
The populists posed a challenge for democrats in the South by
appealing to poor whites
Which of the following was NOT a reason for the failure of the Farmers' Alliance cooperatives
corruption within them eventually alienated many farmers
nativists wanted to
limit or cut off immigration
several Western states passed Granger laws, which
limited railroad rates
passed in several western states, Granger laws
limited the rates that railroads could charge
in 1888, the presidential candidate with the most popular votes
lost the election in the electoral college
new technology helped farmers produce more crops, which tented to
lower prices
Most people who lived int "streetcar suburbs" were
middle class
What philosophy stated the some people failed in life because circumstances beyond their control
naturalism
The supreme count case Wabahj v. Illinois established the principle that
only the federal government can regulate interstate commerce
individualism was the belief that
people can rise as far as their talents will take them
Tammany Hall was a
political machine
New technology helped farmers produce more crops, which caused
prices to fall
subway systems were first developed to
relieve congestion on the city streets
William M. Tweed was
the party boss of a political machine
political machines provided new city dwellers with necessities such as jobs, housing, and police protection in exchange for
votes
who was Bryan giving this speech for
western settlers
in the early 1860s, chinese immigrants came to the united stated to
work in factories in Chicago
many labor unions opposed immigration, arguing that most immigrants
would work for low wages
the world's first skyscraper, built in 1885, was
10 stories tall
the first salaried baseball team played in
Cincinnati
the supreme court set the stage for legalized segregation by overturning the
Civil Rights Act of 1875
______ was the philosophy that Americans with a great deal of money should use it for social progress
Gospel of Wealth
in response to the supreme court's ruling in Wabash vs. Illinois, Congress created the
Interstate Commerce Commission
by the 1890s more than half of all immigrants in the us were
eastern and southern europeans
the workingman's party of California was formed to
fight Chinese immigrants
Supporters of the subtreasury plan believe that it would
force crop prices upward
in the late 1800's the most common form of mass transit was the
horsecar
Under the Pendleton Act, some government jobs would be filled by
job applicants who performed well competitive written examinations