11th Grade Unit 2 Review

Roosevelt, Taft, or Wilson? - Focused on consumer protection after reading The Jungle, passing the Meat Inspection Act, the Pure Food and Drug Act, and the establishment of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• Roosevelt

• Taft

• Wilson

This amendment allows citizens to vote directly for Senators. It became necessary after the original process became corrupted.

• 17

• 16

• 18

• 19

What was the Square Deal?

• TAFT's promise to favor laborers in different trade agreements and to attack corporations

• Roosevelt's promise to the American people to to be fair to all; it was comprised of controlling corporations, protecting consumers, and conservationism

• Wilson's program of American conservation that promised to conserve America's wilderness

• Roosevelt's agreement with foreign countries that he would prevent countries in the Eastern Hemisphere from getting involved in their affairs

When did the Progressive era end?

• When we became involved in World War I

• When we became involved in World War II

• When the Civil War broke out

• When the Eugenics Movement ended

Roosevelt, Taft, or Wilson? - Wanted to fix the "evils" of society by fighting the "Triple Wall of Privilege" with his "New Freedom" plan

• Roosevelt

• Taft

• Wilson

In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that

• lynching was a federal crime.
• school segregation was unconstitutional.
• voting rights could not be tied to any form of tax.
• racial segregation in public facilities was legal.

Several of the business trusts created in the late 1800's were later declared illegal because they

• reduced competition through unfair business practices
• combined companies that manufactured different products
• donated large sums of money to political candidates
• allowed children to work under unsafe conditions

Which goal, set a a women's convention in Seneca Falls in 1848, was finally achieved during the Progressive Era?

• passage of the Food and Drug Act
• creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission
• adoption of a graduated income tax
• ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment

During the Progressive Era, many state and local governments adopted the initiative, referendum, and recall. Together these procedures -

• extended the righ to vote to 18-year old citizens
• gave citizens a more direct voice in government
• let registered voters select each state's Presidential electors
• allowed a state's residents to bring lawsuits against another state

What was an important effect of the influx of people from the country to the cities in the late nineteenth century?

• a sharp increase in college enrollment
• crowded slums and unsanitary conditions
• decline in economic growth
•  a large amount of unused farmland