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Ocain Jayshawn Ch.21

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 18mins

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1.

In the 21st century, a movement that identifies as progressive is "a social or political movement that aims to represent the interests of ordinary people through political change and the support of government actions".

a)

Socialism

b)

Progressives

c)

Robert M. La Follette

2.

In the politics of representative democracies, a political machine is a political group in which an authoritative leader or small group command the support of a corps of supporters and businesses.

a)

Socialism

b)

Seventeenth Amendment

c)

Political machines

3.

The (a)   were reform-minded journalists in the Progressive Era in the United States (1890s–1920s) who exposed established institutions and leaders as corrupt. They typically had large audiences in popular magazines.

4.

(February 4, 1869 – May 18, 1928) was a founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and a ...

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

William "Big Bill" Haywood

c)

Robert M. La Follette

5.

is issued when a manufacturer or NHTSA determines that a vehicle, equipment, car seat, or tire creates an unreasonable safety risk or fails to meet minimum safety standards.

a)

blue

b)

Recall

c)

Conservation

6.

What was he Theodore Roosevelt known for.

a)

13th U.S. President

b)

21th U.S. President

c)

26th U.S. President

7.

Businesses with five or more employees must carry coverage. With corporations or LLCs, officers and members are counted as employees. If there are more than four employees, insurance is required.

a)

workers' compensation law

b)

Industrial Workers of the World

8.

After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

(a)  

9.

a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

a)

Socialism

b)

Referendum

c)

Capitalism

10.

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

(a)  

11.

A general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision.

a)

Referendum

b)

Recall

c)

Pure Food Drug Act

12.

Colloquially known as Fighting Bob, was an American lawyer and politician.

4 lines
13.

Was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws which was enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration.

(a)  

14.

was a third party in the United States formed in 1912 by former president Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party to his former protege and conservative rival, incumbent president William Howard Taft.

a)

Initiative

b)

Progressive Party

c)

Capitalism

15.

The IWW is a worker-led union dedicated to direct action, workplace democracy, and industrial unionism.

(a)  

16.

is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey and Ida B. Wells

a)

Conservation

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

17.

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

a)

Sixteenth Amendment

b)

Seventeenth Amendment

c)

Eighteenth Amendment

18.

Woodrow Wilson was the

a)

19th U.S. President

b)

28th U.S. President

c)

35th U.S. President

19.

the ability to assess and initiate things independently.

a)

William Howard Taft

b)

Initiative

c)

recall

20.

William Howard Taft was

a)

15th U.S. President

b)

27th U.S. President

c)

13th U.S. President

21.

The (a)   Factory fire in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on March 25, 1911

22.

prevention of wasteful use of a resource.

(a)  

23.

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

a)

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

b)

Capitalism

c)

recall