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Mermelstein
US History II
Notes for Chapter 22 Progressives and Reformers (1876-1914), Section 1 Early Reforms:
Define/Identify the following and what they have to do with early reforms:
Patronage –
Civil service –
Gilded Age –
James Garfield –
Chester Arthur –
Grover Cleveland –
Interstate Commerce Commission –
Benjamin Harrison –
Sherman Antitrust Act –
Answer these questions:
1.
What was American politics like in the 1870s and 1880s?
2.
Why did many Americans oppose the spoils system?
3.
How did the government try to regulate business?