The Gilded Age Ch7-8

This movement focused on the importance of building public parks in cities.

In the Wizard of Oz allegory, Dorothy's shoes represent what?

Community service centers in poor neighborhoods that offered educational opportunities.

What is the culture of this time that glorified the woman as a homemaker?

What was the name of the famous settlement house created by Jane Addams?

Woman best known for her work with settlement houses.

What Twain claimed Americans were driven by during the Gilded Age.

Main author of the satirical novel titled "The Gilded Age"

This American sport evolved from the British game of Rounders.

This is where a majority of immigrants first stepped on American soil in New York.

Immigrants who came mostly from north or west Europe who were mostly Protestants.

Well-organized political parties that dominated city governments in the US in the 1800s.

Before the 2nd Industrial Revolution, buildings were a maximum of ____ stories tall.

Philosopher who wanted schools to teach art, history & science.

According to the Wizard of Oz allegory, the gold standard is represented by...

Political party that was a coalition of alliance members, farmers & laborers.

According to the Wizard of Oz allegory, the farmers are represented by...

Forms of public transportation, such as commuter trains, subways & trolley cars.

This is the second president to be assassinated while in office.

This type of tax meant you tax higher incomes at a higher rate.

When farmers began growing too much food, what happened to the prices of food?

A financial panic that sent stock prices plunging & slid the US into an economic depression.

Before mass transit, people had to live within what distance from where they worked?

Which of the following is NOT an occupation of a middle class individual in the 1800s?

Another word for organization.

Nouveau Riche literally means...

Immigrants who came from east and south Europe.

This is one of the few sports that encouraged women to play.

Receiving payments of a part of the earnings from a job or contract.

Spending ones wealth freely so that everyone would know how successful they were is...

Where was the Kissing Post?

This denied citizenship to Chinese & prevented their immigration into the US.

The poorest accommodations to travel on a ship to America, below deck.

This sport was extremely dangerous and killed 64 people in one year!

This sport was created by a P.E. teacher who wanted to entertain his students.

Powerful men that organized and ran city governments during the late 1800s.

This ended the rewards system and forced govt jobs to be given to people who pass an exam

Paper money used during the Civil War.

This is the acquisition of money or political power through illegal or dishonest methods.

What type of people generally came through Angel Island?

Newly wealthy people who liked to flaunt their wealth in the late 1800s were called...

This group supported political bosses because they were provided jobs in exchange for votes.

Poorly built apartment buildings, usually clustered in poor neighborhoods.

This man is famous for making the first mechanical elevator.

There was an abundance of this in the West due to mining, causing more people to want it for $

New music from the 1890s performed by African American musicians is called...

This man is famous for designing Central Park in NYC.

This is where most immigrants from the East first stepped foot on American soil.

This act prohibited railroads from giving secret rebates to large shippers or charging more

Which Civil War hero was president during one of the most corrupt times in US history?