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| Gilded Age | term created by Mark Twain to describe the late-1800s as a time when many bad things in society were covered up |
| Pendleton Civil Service Act | created the Civil Service Commission to create competitive exams to try to assure that people were qualified to hold government jobs |
| Sherman Antitrust Act | law that stated that any business combination that restrained trade was illegal |
| National Grange | organization that was created as a social and educational organization for farmers after the Civil War |
| Interstate Commerce Act | law that required that all railroad rates be "reasonable and just" |
| graduated income tax | a tax that taxes higher incomes at higher rates |
| Populist Party | political party created by farm organizations to support many reforms, especially cheap money |
| cheap money | to increase the money supply making each dollar less valuable and prices higher |
