Gilded Age Flashcard

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Gilded Age

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A period where wealth masked deep poverty

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Which government policy allowed many Gilded Age scandals to occur?

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Laissez-Faire (hands-off government)

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Which scandal involved a fake railroad construction company overbilling the government?

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Credit Mobilier

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The Whiskey Ring scandal involved: Railroad bribery, Bribes to avoid whiskey taxes, Fake election ballots, Free land giveaways

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Bribes to avoid whiskey taxes

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Who was the corrupt political boss of New York’s Tammany Hall?

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Boss Tweed

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What law created merit-based jobs after President Garfield’s assassination?

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Pendleton Act

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What was the purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862?

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Provide free land to settlers

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Which immigrant group made up 90% of the Central Pacific Railroad workforce?

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Chinese

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The Dawes Act was designed to:

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Break up tribal land into individual plots

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What were Jim Crow laws?

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Laws enforcing racial segregation