History chapter 18 quiz

Unlike the Grange, the ____________ promoted political involvement among its members to enact change for their members.

Farmers' Alliances

What did one journalist call "the social and intellectual center of the neighborhood" during the Gilded Age in large cities?

Saloons

Republican Protestants during the Gilded Age had a tendency to consider __________ the central social evil in the United States.

saloons

During his administration, this president tried to control both sides of his fractured party while pursing reform during the Gilded Age.

Hayes

This replaced the spoils system for federal jobs with job placement on the basis of competitive testing.

Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act

What organization was formed to prevent the Anglo-Saxon "race" from being "contaminated"?

Immigration Restriction League

Why did many people want a monetary supply not tied to gold or silver?

It would make prices higher on goods.

The decision to only allow gold to be coined for money was derisively called the

New Prosperity.

What affected African Americans' rights to vote in the South during the Gilded Age?

The passage of the Thirteenth Amendment gave them the right to vote.

During the period immediately following the Civil War, major cities in the United States

experienced growth, sometimes up to four times their original population.

President Cleveland made the Panic of 1893 worse by

convincing Congress to switch back to only minting gold.