Quiz 8-5 "Wilson's New Freedom"

Who won the Presidential election of 1912?

• Woodrow Wilson
• Theodore Roosevelt
• William Howard Taft
• William Henry Harrison

What did the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?

• Gave women the right to vote.
• Gave former slaves and free blacks the right to vote.
• Gave Congress the ability to tax the income of Americans
• Allowed for the direct election of U.S. Senators by the people.

What did the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?

• Gave women the right to vote
• Gave former slaves and free blacks the right to vote
• Gave Congress the ability to tax the incomes of Americans
• Gave citizens the ability to vote directly for their U.S. Senators

What did the Federal Reserve Act (1913) do?

• Created a Federal Board and series of banks to manage funds
• Created large areas of land that were protected from development
• Created a federal department to inspect food and medicine 
• Created an tax on the personal incomes of Americans

This allowed the federal government to inspect food and processing plants that sold across state lines.

• Meat Inspection Act
• Federal Reserve Act
• Clayton Antitrust Act
• Elkins Act

What did the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?

• Prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol
• Allowed citizens to directly elect their U.S. Senators
• Gave Congress the power to regulate the use of water
• Gave Congress the power the power to tax personal incomes

What did the Sherman Antitrust Act outlaw?

• The manufacture, production, and sale of alcohol
• Creation of monopolies and practices like price fixing
• The use of mislabeling of food and medicine
• The use of private banks to carryout public business.