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14 Cards in this Set
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Period of American history lasting from 1870s to 1890s marked by political corruption and extravagant spending.
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Gilded Age
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Giving jobs to supporters.
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Patronage
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Ability
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Merit
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conduct exams for federal jobs.
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Civil Service Commision
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All federal jobs except elected office and the milatary.
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Civil service
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Bussiness that crossed state lines.
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Interstate commerce
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Oversee the railroads.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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An 1890 law that banned the formation of trusts and monopolies in the United States.
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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Flowing with gold.
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Gilded
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Rewarded political supporters with government jobs. (alike with patronage)
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Spoil System
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Investigated to end spoil system; President at this time.
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President Rutherford B. Hayes
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Created the Pendleton Act to help end Spoil System.
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Chester Alan Arthur
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This Act contained of:
1. Civil Service Commission 2. Civil Service 3. Fill jobs from merit |
Pendleton Act
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This Act contained of:
1. Use against labor unions 2. Against monopolies 3. Help end trusts |
Sherman Antitrust Act
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