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
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