Progressive Era - Reforms

Mark all that have to do with voting

• Franchise

• Suffragette

• 16th amendment

• 15th amendment

• 19th amendment

How did the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution give more political power to the individual voter?

• It allowed citizens to vote regardless of race, creed, or ethnicity.

• It freed citizens to vote without paying a poll tax or passing a literacy test.

• It established the direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote.

• It allowed for the number of senators per state to be determined by population.

The activism of Susan B. Anthony impacted American government because it led to the passage of the—

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 20th Amendment

Which of the following amendments would Alexander Hamilton, a strong federal government advocate, MOST have supported?

• 15th because it made more citizens

• 16th because it gave government the ability to levy an income tax

• 17th because it made senators directly elected by the people

• 18th because it banned the sell of alcohol which made less crime that the government had to deal with

What is the theory behind the Sherman Antitrust Act?

• If a company loses the trust of customers, it can fail without government help.

• If a company has an unfair trade advantage, it will reduce rates so customers will not go to the competition.

• If a company has competition, it cannot raise rates at will leaving customers with no alternatives for purchases.

• If a company has competition, it will raise rates and customers will no alternatives for purchases.

Check all that apply to Federal Reverse System

• granted legal authority to issue legal tender

• allow the enforcement of monetary violations

• sets interest rates

• J.P. Morgan helped organize it

• created the central banking system in the U.S.

Nativists in the 1920s would probably have approved of which earlier action?

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Antiquities Act

• Pure Food and Drug Act

• 19th Amendment

How did industrialization bring about the development of groups like the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor?

• Industrialization resulted in the accumulation of huge fortunes for capitalists and political bosses.

• Industrialization reduced the demand for workers who were replaced by machines.

• Industrialization contributed to urbanization and unsanitary living conditions for many.

• Industrialization created low-wage, low-skill jobs with workers who could be replaced easily.

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Which amendment is this?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

Condenses the lame-duck periods for presidents-elect by moving it from March 4 to January 20.

• 18th amendment

• 19th amendment

• 20th amendment

• 21st amendment