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WorksheetsMartel, Juliet, Ch.21
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 15mins
What were political machines?
something used for the army
To put in a vote for an election
Old immigrants were from Northern Europe
Powerful organizations that used both legal and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to public office
What were progressives?
they were working to improve society in the late 1800's
a company to help people
to help find jobs in crowded areas
used for legal rights
What are muckrakers
People who work in other people's yard
they exposed muck or filth to society
They raked up leaves
They were filthy people
What was the seventeenth Amendment?
It allowed Americans to vote directly for U.S senators
Allowed people to vote for president of U.S
True or False, was recall to remove people or not
True
False
What is Initiative mean
Allowed voters to propose new laws by collecting signature's on a petition
people could suggest what laws should be made
to let people vote
What does referendum mean?
A type of company
permitted voters to approve or reject a law that had already been proposed or passed by a government body
allowed people to reject laws that had already been passed down
Who was Robert M. La Follette. La Follette
He made voting easier
He increased the power of voting
La Follette decreased the power of political machines
He was the one who invented voting machines
What was Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
where the most fires came from
Similar accidents led to the passage of laws improving safety standards
A factory where some children worked
Workers (a) laws
What was capitalism?
an economic system in which
private businesses run most industries and
competition determines the price of goods.
To find better working conditions
to help people run a small business in a town
to make voting easier and not hard
What was socialism
A system in which the government owns and operates a country's means of production
a company run by the government
something to help people vote
William (a) Haywood
What were industrial workers of the world?
It was a socialist union also known as IWW
socialism
workers of the industrial age
What was the Eighteenth Amendment?
banning monopolies
banning the production, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages
banning the use of alcohol in the U.S
National Association for the Advancement of (a)
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
He was the 26th president
Also known as Teddy Roosevelt
What was the Pure Food Drug Act?
This law prohibited the
manufacture, sale, and transport of mislabeled
or contaminated food and drugs.
Didn't allow drugs or any thing unusual in the U.S
You couldn't have drugs
What was the Conservation?
the protection of nature
and its resources
Natural resources
A big company in the U.S back then
William Howard (a)
What was a Progressive Party?
It was nicked named the "Bull Moose Party"
a party to talk about the progress in voting
a party to just have fun
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
he won the electrical by a wide margin
He was an inventor
he was the one to make the eighteenth amendment
What was the sixteenth amendment
it allows the federal government to impose direct taxes on citizen's incomes
to not import any alcoholic drinks
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