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| Where were some of the worst conditions for workers? | sweatshops |
| The first people to run charities were usually _______________________, then later, ___________________ began to look for long-term solutions for the poor. | volunteer women |
| What did some parents do if they lived in a state that had a minimum age for child labor? | keep their child's age a secret. |
| Centers that provided services to the poor were called | settlement houses |
| Reinforced the belief that the poor were inferior to the rich. | Social Darwinism |
| Which organization had house to house visits of the worst homes. The visits often turned into prayer meetings. | Salvation Army |
| What waas the underlying cause of the corruption in American cities? | rapid growth |
| An example of a political machine that sought and gained control of many city governments. | Tweed Ring |
| Who said, "As long as I count the votes, who cares?" | William Marcy Tweed |
| Construction company that charged the railroad several times what the job actually cost. | Credit Mobilier |
| Who was president during the Credit Mobilier Scandal and signed the Salary Grab Act? | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Lobbyists provided every type of favor to legislators, even cash, so that lawmakers will vote a certain way, the legislators are faced with | a conflict of interest |
| Known as "The Millionaires' Club" because over half of its members were millionaires. | Senate by the 1880s |
| First President to spend more than a million dollars on a campaign. | Garfield |
| Most candidates for president were | standpatters |
| Wrote Where the Other Half Lives after touring New York tenements. | Jacob Riis |
| Started to set up new rules for dealing with government appointments. | Hayes |
| Assasinated by a man who was furious after not getting a government job. | Garfield |
| What event shamed Congress into passing the Civil Service Act of 1883 | Assasination of James Garfield |
| Also known as "The Pendelton Act" | Civil Service Act of 1883 |
| This Presidential candidate's level of corruption caused the Mugwumps to break from the GOP. | James G. Blaine |
| Refers to congressmen supporting each others' wasteful, expensive projects. "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours." | logrolling |
| Why was the 1889 -1991 Congress known as "The Billion Dollar Congress"? | It was the first peacetime Congress ever to authorize the spending of one billion dollars. |
| What did most of the money from the billion dollar Congress go to? | River and Harbor Projects |
