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WorksheetsMoore,Paris Ch.21
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
define political machines
They “raked up” and exposed the
muck, or filth, of society.
allowed Americans to
vote directly for U.S. senators.
powerful organizations that used both legal
and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to public office.
permitted voters to
approve or reject a law that had already been
proposed or passed by a government body.
What is a Progressive?
to recall,
or remove,
allowed Americans to
vote directly for U.S. senators.
working to improve society
in the late 1800s.
allowed
voters to propose a new law by collecting
signatures on a petition.
What is a muckraker
These
journalists were nicknamed muckrakers
because they “raked up” and exposed the
muck, or filth, of society.
A nickname
A person
check all that imply not this one tho...
what did the Seventeenth
Amendment, allow people to do??
permitted voters to
approve or reject a law that had already been
proposed or passed by a government body.
allowed Americans to
vote directly for U.S. senators.
to recall,
or remove, an official before the end of his or
her term.
allowed
voters to propose a new law by collecting
signatures on a petition.
what an initiative do??
a union
guaranteed a portion of lost wages to workers injured on the job.
a system in which the government owns and operates a country’s means of production.
allowed
voters to propose a new law by collecting
signatures on a petition.
true or false
A referendum a law that allowed
voters to propose a new law by collecting
signatures on a petition.
true
false
What is The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
socialist union
a system in which the government owns and operates a country’s means of production.
led to the passage of laws improving factory safety standards.
guaranteed a portion of lost wages to workers injured on the job.
What did workers’ compensation laws do??
to promote the cause of women’s suffrage
guaranteed a portion of lost wages to workers injured on the job.
determines the price of goods
an economic system in
What is socialism??
factory safety standards.
a system in which the government owns and operates a country’s means of production.
an economic system in which private businesses run most industries and competition determines the price of goods.
a portion of lost wages to workers injured on the job
what is William “Big Bill” Haywood,
socialist union
Industrial Workers of the World
IWW
(choose all that apply not this one)
choose the briefest definition. Of capitalism
an economic system
an economic system in which private businesses run most industries
an economic system in which private businesses run most industries and competition determines the price of goods.
private businesses
What exactly did the Eighteenth Amendment do??
promote the cause of women’s suffrage.
The Right to Vote
Gave women The Right to Vote
banning the production, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages throughout the United States
What did National American Woman Suffrage Association do??
promoted the cause of women’s suffrage
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
support minimum wage and child labor laws.
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
allowed Americans to vote directly for U.S. senators
allowed voters to propose a new law by collecting signatures on a petition.
granting American women the right to vote.
permitted voters to approve or reject a law that had already been proposed or passed by a government body
who is Robert M. La Follette
One of the leaders of the effort to reform state government was Wisconsin’s Republican governor
Fighting Bob
Wisconsin’s governor
a U.S. senator,
define National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
an organization that called for economic and educational equality for African American
improve society in the late 1800s.
exposed the muck, or filth, of society
powerful organizations that used both legal and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to public office
Did Theodore Roosevelt take office after William McKinley died?
True
False
the Pure Food and Drug Act is a law
True
False
define conservation
allows the federal government to impose direct taxes on citizens’ incomes.
prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs
the protection of nature and its resources
What is the Progressive Party
It was nicknamed the Bull Moose Party because Roosevelt said he was “as strong as a bull moose.”
prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs.
Bull Moose Party
an organization that called for economic and educational equality for African Americans
Who is William Howard Taft??
Theodore Roosevelt's secretary
Democratic candidate
Republican voter
Who is Woodrow Wilson
favored business regulation and opposed socialism.
Democratic candidate won the electoral vote by a wide margin.
What did the Sixteenth Amendment do??
allows the federal government to impose direct taxes on citizens’ incomes.
punished unfair trade practices
