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