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Ch. 8 Vocab List
Chapter 8 vocab list for Fairfield Freshman School. Mr. Ritzie's class 3rd period. History 1877
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09/09/2009

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Gilded Age
Definition
Term described the post-reconstruction era.
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Laissez Faire
Definition
Document stating that government generally should not interfere in private business.
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Blue Laws
Definition
Regulation that prohibited certain private activities that are considerd immoral.
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Civil service
Definition
The government's nonelected workers.
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Pendleton Civil Service Act
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1883 law that created a civil service.
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Tariff
Definition
Tax on imports.
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Rebate
Definition
a small refund.
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Pograms
Definition
Violent massacre of Jews.
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Steerage
Definition
A large open area beneth the ship's deck.
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Quarantine
Definition
A time of isolation to prevent the spread of diease.
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Restrictive Convenants
Definition
Agreement among home-owners not to sell real-estate.
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Chinese Exclusion Act
Definition
Law that prohibited chinese from entering the country.
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Alien
Definition
a noncitizen.
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Suburbs
Definition
Residential community surrounding a city.
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Tenement
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A law cost apartment building that has poor standards.
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Dumbbell Tenement
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A tenement building that's narrowed to let light & air in.
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Political Machine
Definition
An unoffical city organization.
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Settlement house
Definition
Community center organization to provide various services.
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Nativism
Definition
A policy of favoring native-born americans.
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Temperance movement
Definition
An organized campaign to eliminate alcohol comsumption.
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Prohibition
Definition
A ban on the manufacture and safe of alcholic beverages.
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