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Chapter 21

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Oligopoly
a)
a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruptions in society
b)
a market structure in which a few large companies control the prices of an industry
c)
the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislatures approval
d)
the practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature
2.
Muckraker
a)
a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruptions in society
b)
a market structure in which a few large companies control the prices of an industry
c)
the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislatures approval
d)
the practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature
3.
Initiative:
a)
a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruptions in society
b)
a market structure in which a few large companies control the prices of an industry
c)
the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislatures approval
d)
the practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature
4.
Referendum
a)
a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruptions in society
b)
a market structure in which a few large companies control the prices of an industry
c)
the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislatures approval
d)
the practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature
5.
Recall
a)
right that enables voters to remove unsatisfactory government officials
b)
a man or woman who fought for womens' rights to vote
c)
 a law that forbids the making or selling of alcohol
d)
settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider
6.
Suffragist
a)
right that enables voters to remove unsatisfactory government officials
b)
a man or woman who fought for womens' rights to vote
c)
 a law that forbids the making or selling of alcohol
d)
settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider
7.
Prohibition
a)
right that enables voters to remove unsatisfactory government officials
b)
a man or woman who fought for womens' rights to vote
c)
 a law that forbids the making or selling of alcohol
d)
settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider
8.
Arbitration
a)
right that enables voters to remove unsatisfactory government officials
b)
a man or woman who fought for womens' rights to vote
c)
 a law that forbids the making or selling of alcohol
d)
settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider
9.
Square Deal:
a)
Carefully examine
b)
Theodore Roosevelt’s promise of fair and equal treatment for all
c)
an election which voters choose their party's candidate
d)
 Mexican American self-defense group
10.
Barrios: 
a)
Carefully examine
b)
a Spanish speaking neighborhood in a city
c)
an election which voters choose their party's candidate
d)
 Mexican American self-defense group
11.
Inspect: 
a)
Carefully examine
b)
Theodore Roosevelt’s promise of fair and equal treatment for all
c)
an election which voters choose their party's candidate
d)
 Mexican American self-defense group
12.
Primary
a)
Carefully examine
b)
Theodore Roosevelt’s promise of fair and equal treatment for all
c)
an election which voters choose their party's candidate
d)
 Mexican American self-defense group
13.
Mutualista
a)
Carefully examine
b)
Theodore Roosevelt’s promise of fair and equal treatment for all
c)
an election which voters choose their party's candidate
d)
 Mexican American self-defense group
14.
Trustbuster:
a)
a person who breaks up a trust into smaller companies
b)
Theodore Roosevelt’s promise of fair and equal treatment for all
c)
an election which voters choose their party's candidate
d)
 Mexican American self-defense group
15.
16th Amendment
a)
ability to tax incomes
b)
which gave women the right to vote. The amendment was ratified in 1920
c)
It prohibited the production, transport, or sale of alcohol throughout the United States
d)
Ban on alcohol
16.
Nineteenth Amendment:
a)
ability to tax incomes
b)
which gave women the right to vote. The amendment was ratified in 1920
c)
It prohibited the production, transport, or sale of alcohol throughout the United States
d)
Ban on alcohol
17.
Eighteenth Amendment
a)
ability to tax incomes
b)
which gave women the right to vote. The amendment was ratified in 1920
c)
It prohibited the production, transport, or sale of alcohol throughout the United States
d)
Ban on alcohol
18.
Federal Reserve Act
a)
one of the governments chief weapons used against trusts
b)
established the Civil Service Commission to give examinations for federal jobs
c)
 Created 12 regional banks supervised by a central board in Washington D.C.
d)
railroad and later trucking industries
19.
Clayton Antitrust Act
a)
one of the governments chief weapons used against trusts
b)
established the Civil Service Commission to give examinations for federal jobs
c)
 Created 12 regional banks supervised by a central board in Washington D.C.
d)
railroad and later trucking industries
20.
Pendleton Act
a)
one of the governments chief weapons used against trusts
b)
established the Civil Service Commission to give examinations for federal jobs
c)
 Created 12 regional banks supervised by a central board in Washington D.C.
d)
railroad and later trucking industries
21.
Interstate Commerce Act
a)
one of the governments chief weapons used against trusts
b)
established the Civil Service Commission to give examinations for federal jobs
c)
 Created 12 regional banks supervised by a central board in Washington D.C.
d)
railroad and later trucking industries
22.
Eugene V. Debs: 
a)
Help found the American Socialist Party
b)
An African American leader for women’s rights
c)
educated the public about the dangers od alcohol abuse
d)
was an important leader of the temperance movement. She often led protests outside of saloons and sometimes pushed her way inside to break bottles and kegs of alcohol with an ax. 
23.
Carry Nation
a)
Help found the American Socialist Party
b)
An African American leader for women’s rights
c)
educated the public about the dangers od alcohol abuse
d)
was an important leader of the temperance movement. She often led protests outside of saloons and sometimes pushed her way inside to break bottles and kegs of alcohol with an ax. 
24.
Frances Willard: 
a)
Help found the American Socialist Party
b)
An African American leader for women’s rights
c)
educated the public about the dangers od alcohol abuse
d)
was an important leader of the temperance movement. She often led protests outside of saloons and sometimes pushed her way inside to break bottles and kegs of alcohol with an ax. 
25.
Mary Church Terrell: 
a)
Help found the American Socialist Party
b)
An African American leader for women’s rights
c)
educated the public about the dangers od alcohol abuse
d)
was an important leader of the temperance movement. She often led protests outside of saloons and sometimes pushed her way inside to break bottles and kegs of alcohol with an ax. 
26.
Ida B. Wells 
a)
Help found the American Socialist Party
b)
a Native American doctor and activist, worked to expose abuses of Native American rights
c)
was an African American editor who fought nationally against lynching.   was an African American editor who fought nationally against lynching.  
d)
was an important leader of the temperance movement. She often led protests outside of saloons and sometimes pushed her way inside to break bottles and kegs of alcohol with an ax. 
27.
William M. Tweed
a)
corruption controlled the police, the courts, and many newspapers. The ring collected millions of dollars in illegal payments. 
b)
An African American leader for women’s rights
c)
educated the public about the dangers od alcohol abuse
d)
was an important leader of the temperance movement. She often led protests outside of saloons and sometimes pushed her way inside to break bottles and kegs of alcohol with an ax. 
28.
Dr. Carlos Montezuma
a)
Help found the American Socialist Party
b)
An African American leader for women’s rights
c)
educated the public about the dangers od alcohol abuse
d)
a Native American doctor and activist, worked to expose abuses of Native American rights. 
29.
Thomas Nast 
a)
exposed the corruption of the Tweed ring in his political cartoons. Tweed was convicted and sentenced to prison
b)
An African American leader for women’s rights
c)
educated the public about the dangers od alcohol abuse
d)
a Native American doctor and activist, worked to expose abuses of Native American rights. 
30.
First State to allow women to vote:
a)
Wyoming 
b)
Wisconsin 
c)
Texas
d)
New York
31.
Bull Moose Party:  
a)
Booker T. Washington formed the new Progressive Party and ran under its banner for the presidency.
b)
Eugene V. Debs formed the new Progressive Party and ran under its banner for the presidency.
c)
Roosevelt formed the new Progressive Party and ran under its banner for the presidency.  
d)
Harry Truman formed the new Progressive Party and ran under its banner for the presidency.
32.
Oregon System: 
a)
 filled jobs based on merit on high scores on civil service exam
b)
Voters could place and issue on the ballot in an election, allowing voters to remove incompetent officials
c)
to protect nations natural resources
d)
 legalized segregation, 
33.
National Conservation Commission
a)
 filled jobs based on merit on high scores on civil service exam
b)
Voters could place and issue on the ballot in an election, allowing voters to remove incompetent officials
c)
to protect nations natural resources
d)
 legalized segregation, 
34.
Civil Service Commission: 
a)
 filled jobs based on merit on high scores on civil service exam
b)
Voters could place and issue on the ballot in an election, allowing voters to remove incompetent officials
c)
to protect nations natural resources
d)
 legalized segregation, 
35.
Plessy v. Ferguson:
a)
 filled jobs based on merit on high scores on civil service exam
b)
Voters could place and issue on the ballot in an election, allowing voters to remove incompetent officials
c)
to protect nations natural resources
d)
 legalized segregation, 
36.
Some groups opposed giving women the right to vote, claiming that it would upset the natural balance in families and lead to divorce and neglected children. 
a)
True
b)
False
37.
The temperance movement
a)
a crusade against the use of alcohol, began in New England and the Midwest in the early 1800s.
b)
a crusade against the use of tobacco, began in New England and the Midwest in the early 1800s.
c)
a crusade against the use of alcohol, began in New England and the East in the early 1800s.
d)
a crusade against the use of alcohol, began in New England and the Midwest in the early 2000's
38.
The temperance movement They urged people to stop drinking and fought for prohibition, or the passage of laws to prohibit the production and sale of alcohol  
a)
True
b)
False
39.
President Taft disappointed progressives in two important areas. -He did not fight for lower tariffs. -He also changed some conservation policies to favor business interests. By 1912 Roosevelt had become so dissatisfied with Taft that he decided to challenge him for the Republican presidential nomination.
a)
True
b)
False