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WorksheetsPatout Riley Cp.21
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 18mins
A Political Machine is...
Organizations that used legal ways to get someone into office
Organizations that used illegal ways to get someone into office
Organizations that used both legal and illegal ways to get someone into office
Progressives tried to solve problems caused by urban and industrial growth
True
False
Muckrakers were...
Journalists that tried to cover up the corruption
Journalists that exposed corruption in society
Journalists that worked in factories.
The amendment that allowed people to vote directly for U.S. senators
(a)
Recall is to
(a)
Initiative is to...
A procedure that allowed people to run for senate
A procedure that allowed people to vote for senate before they know who the candidates are
A procedure that allowed people to make law without having to vote
A procedure that allowed people to vote on laws by collecting signatures
Referendum permitted voters to...
Approve laws that have already been passed
Reject laws that have already been passed
Robert M La Follette...
Became the youngest member of the congress
Ran for president and won
Ran for president but only won 16 percent of the vote
Became Wisconsin's governor
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was...
A method of removing waste at shirt companies
A huge fire that killed 146 workers in a shirt company
A group of corrupt politicians
Laws that guaranteed a portion of lost wages to injured workers
(a)
An economic system that allowed big businesses to control most of the industries and competition determines the price of goods
(a)
Socialism is...
A system where the people control who is in power
A system where the government controls the production
William "Big Bill" Haywood created what group...
(a)
What did William's group do...
A group that worked together to overthrow socialism
A group that worked together to overthrow capitalism
What did the 18th amendment do...
Banned tobacco
Banned alcohol
Banned child labor
What did the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) do...
Promoted colored people to be better that white people
Promoted white people to be better than colored people
Promoted colored people to be economically and educationally equal with white people
When President McKinley died who became the next president...
(a)
Which act prohibited the sale of contaminated food and drugs
(a)
The protection of nature and it's resources
(a)
Theodore made The Progressive Party and called it...
(a)
Who was Roosevelt's secretary of war and who did Roosevelt want to be president in 1908
(a)
Woodrow Wilson...
Was a Republican and won the vote
Was a Democrat and won the vote
Spoke of how they need to care about people as much as they care about the industry
Spoke of how they need to care about the industry as much as they care about people
This amendment allows federal government to impose direct taxes on citizens income
(a)
