Progressive reforms, Imperialisms and WW I

Match the following

• REFERENDUM

• A person can directly propose and write the laws themselves. Could be to benefit the community. 

  
  

• SECRET BALLOT

  
  

• Aimed at promoting direct participation from voters in choosing their representatives. Achieved through the 17th amendment. 

  
  

• INITIATIVE

• If voters choose, they can remove a person they had chosen previously through an official election.

  
  

• DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS

  
  

• This gives voters the right to approve or reject an actual piece of legislation proposed by the legislators themselves. 

  
  

• RECALL

• When voting, you have a right to keep your vote hidden from anyone and without suffering voter intimidation.

Which reform allows voters to remove a corrupt office holder?

• primary
• recall
• 17th amendment
• initiative

Which reform allows voters to vote on an issue on election day. 

• referendum
• recall
• primary
• 16th amendment

These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:

• Progressives

• Muckrakers

• Sensationalists

• Investigative reporters

This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:

• Civil War Era

• Industrialization Era

• Progressive Era

• Reconstruction Era

Why did the Progressive Era grow in the United States?

• because of the negative impact of industrialization

• because of the negative impact of the civil war

• because industrial tycoons were appalled by the conditions of factories

• because the American people were disillusioned by WWI

Why did we want to get rid of political machines?

• it was too easy to be corrupt and it was considered to be undemocratic

• people didn't participate in the elections

• there wasn't anyone willing to become a part of the machines

• most people thought they were too much like a labor union

People like W.E.B. du Bois participated in the movement against what?

• Racism

• Women's suffrage

• Child Labor

• Prohibition

Where was the convention held for women's rights?

• Seneca Falls, NY

• Washington, DC

• Philadelphia, PA

• New York, NY

The "Declaration of Sentiments" was a formal statement about the inequality of women that was based on what American document?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The US Constitution

• The Gettysburg Address