Culture and Politics: Objectives
After you have completed this section, you will be able to:
- Examine reasons for the expansion of public schools and higher education during the late 1800s.
- Describe leisure-time activities that emerged in the late 1800s.
- Identify the economic and social platform of the Populists.
- Describe federal government efforts to regulate the railroad and improve the economy.
- Identify key dates and the contributions of key people during the late 1800s.
- Define the following terms:
- Federal Land Grant Institution
- Vaudeville
- Coney Island
- Yellow Journalism
- Interstate Commerce Act
- Gold Standard Act
- Dingley Tariff
- Populist Party