2021 Midterm Review 9th US

Progressives were

• wealthy people who wanted to increase taxes the poor

• a type of car insurance

• a type of lenses for glasses

• reformers who wanted to reform societal problems like child labor or alcoholism or government corruption.

Which amendment to our Constitution was NOT a "Reconstruction" amendment?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

Which amendment said slavery was no longer legal?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 14th

Which amendment said everyone born in the U.S. is a citizen (including African Americans who used to be slaves.)

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Which amendment gave voting rights to all male citizens, which gave black men the vote?

• 12th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Which is true about the "New Immigrants?"

• They came from Southern and Eastern Europe.

• They came from Northern and Western Europe.

• They came from Africa and China.

• They came from the Middle East and North Africa.

Which is NOT true about the "New Immigrants?"

• They started coming to America after 1880.

• Many of them tended to be Catholic.

• They had a lot in common with Americans.

• Many of them tended to be Jewish.

Which was NOT true of movies in the early and mid 1920s?

• They came with a pre-recorded soundtrack.

• People dressed up to go there.

• There were only in black and white.

• They used subtitles to tell you actors' lines.

What does Laissez-faire mean?

• The Federal government should heavily regulate the economy.

• The federal government should employ a socialist-type of economy.

• The federal government should not interfere with the free market economy.

A new form of credit that appeared in the 1920s where you paid a dollar down, took the product home, and then paid a set amount on it each week until it was paid off was called

• the first credit card

• installment buying

• layaway