Name _____________________________ Class _________________ Date __________________
Life at the Turn of the 20th Century
Vocabulary Builder
Section 3
Chester A. Arthur
National Grange
Populist Party
objective
William Marcy Tweed
William McKinley
James A. Garfield
Thomas Nast
DIRECTIONS On the line provided before each statement, write T if a
statement is true and F if a statement is false. If the statement is false, write
the correct term on the line after each sentence that makes the sentence a
true statement.
_____ 1. William McKinley attacked the corruption in politics by drawing political
cartoons that sharply criticizing William Marcy Tweed and Tammany Hall.
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_____ 2. After James A. Garfield was killed, Vice President Thomas Nast helped pass
the Pendleton Civil Service Act.
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DIRECTIONS Read each sentence and choose the correct term from the
word bank to replace the underlined phrase. Write the term in the space
provided and then define the term in your own words.
3. By the late 1870s the first major farmers’ organization had succeeded in persuading
the state legislatures in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin to regulate railroads
and operators of grain elevators. __________________________________________
Your definition: _______________________________________________________
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4. The coalition of farmers, labor leaders, and reformers called for an income tax, bank
regulation, government ownership of railroad and telegraph companies, and the free
coinage of silver. ______________________________________________________
Your definition: _______________________________________________________
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