Gilded Age

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Across
  1. 1. the ability of _________ or individuals to move into a ________ social class.
  2. 5. an _________ military officer and politician who served as the _____ president of the United States from ______ to 1881. During the American Civil War, _______ served in the ______ Army and earned a reputation for bravery in combat, rising up the ranks to serve as brevet major ________.
  3. 9. a ____________ urban dwelling, usually ____________ and unsanitary.
  4. 12. ____________ systems designed to move large numbers of _________ along fixed _______.
  5. 14. an _________ politician who served as the 22nd and _____ president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from _____ to 1897. In the years before his presidency, he served as a mayor and _________ of New York state, winning fame as an anti-corruption ___________.
  6. 15. _______ program designed to help __________ assimilate to American ________.
  7. 18. law, enacted in ______, that established a bipartisan civil ________ commission to make appointments to ___________ jobs by means of the _______ system.
  8. 19. an American __________ activist, reformer, social worker, __________, public administrator, philosopher, and author. She was an important _______ in the history of _______ work and women's __________ in the United States.
Down
  1. 1. a _____ century reform movement based on the belief that ___________ have a responsibility to help _________ working conditions and alleviate ____________.
  2. 2. an American ___________ who served as the _____ president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the _________ family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry _________, and a great-grandson of Benjamin _________ V, a Founding Father.
  3. 3. an American ____________ most notable for being the political boss of ___________ Hall, the Democratic Party's political machine that played a _______ role in the politics of 19th-century New York City and ______.
  4. 4. a community _________ providing assistance to __________---particularly immigrants---in a ______ neighborhood.
  5. 6. the ____________ of people into _______ classes by ________.
  6. 7. an _______ holder’s power to appoint people---usually those who have ________ him or her get elected---to positions in _____________.
  7. 8. the growth of ______.
  8. 10. an American politician who served as the _____ president of the United States from _____ to 1885. He was a Republican lawyer from New York who previously served as the 20th vice president under President James A. _________.
  9. 11. The __________ branches of government ______________.
  10. 13. The _________ use of political influence for _________ gain.
  11. 16. An _________ group that controls a political party in a city and offers _________ to voters and businesses in exchange for political and ___________ support.
  12. 17. _____ president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his _______ the following September after being shot by an __________ in July.