| A | B |
|---|
| political machine | party organization in big cities that holds power by controlling votes, courts, and police |
| kickback | payback of a sum received from increased fees because of a confidential agreement or act of coercion |
| graft | thievery in office |
| ward | division of a city for representative, electoral, or administrative purposes |
| free-trader | argued a protective tariff (was unfair government interference with the normal laws of supply and demand) |
| expatriate | person who leaves his or her native country to live elsewhere |
| protectionist | defended high tariff |
| realism | influenced representation of nature or real life without idealization |
| rider | irrelevant amendments |
| yellow journalism | type of newspaper reporting in the late 1890s that featured sensational headlines and stories |
| antebellum | customs,manners, and institutions that existed before the Civil War |
| lobbyist | person who promotes or secures the passage of legislation by influencing public officials |
| township | smaller divisions of a county broken up into local governments |
| Morrill Act | the act that gave land to states to build universities |
