STEP 1: EXPLAIN WHY IT MATTERS

CHAPTER 18 STUDY GUIDE

EXPLAIN WHY IT MATTERS Put your reading into practice. Identify each term below, and then explain why it matters in U.S. history.
TERM WHO OR WHAT & WHEN WHY IT MATTERS
Gilded Age
trust
finance capitalism
social Darwinism
gospel of wealth
spoils system
Jim Crow
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
civil service reform
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
Sherman Antitrust Act
free silver