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Chapter 21 Notes~ Vocabulary

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

powerful organizations that used both legal and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to public office

a)

Socialism

b)

George Washinton

c)

Capitalism

d)

Political Machines

2.

were also working to improve society in the late 1800s

a)

Muckrakers

b)

State Farm

c)

Progressive Party

d)

Progressives

e)

I don't know

3.

These journalists were nicknamed (a)   because they “raked up” and exposed the muck, or filth, of society

4.

allowed Americans to vote directly for U.S. senators

a)

Seventeenth Amendment

b)

Eighteenth Amendment

c)

Sixteenth Amendment

d)

The Constitution

5.

What does remove mean in this sentence.

(The purpose of that vote was to recall, an official before the end of his or her term.)

a)

Remove

b)

Remember

c)

Call again

d)

Talk

6.

A procedure that allowed voters to propose a new law by collecting signatures on a petition

a)

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Recall

d)

Initiative

7.

Referendum

a)

a system in which the government owns and operates a country’s means of production

b)

Another measure permitted voters to approve or reject a law that had already been proposed or passed by a government body

c)

To suggest

d)

I don't know

e)

I don't care

8.

One of the leaders of the effort to reform state government was Wisconsin’s Republican governor

a)

George Washington

b)

William "Big Bill" Haywood

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

Robert M. La Follette

e)

Abraham Lincoln

9.

What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

a)

contributed to the development of state and federal labour and social welfare legislation in the United States

b)

political connections to Great Britain

c)

an accident that led to the passage of laws improving factory safety standards

d)

collect taxes on incomes

10.

which guaranteed a portion of lost wages to workers injured on the job

a)

Eighteenth Amendment

b)

Workers' Compensation Laws

c)

Socialism

d)

Capitalism

11.

an economic system in which private businesses run most industries and competition determines the price of goods.

a)

Socialism

b)

Capitalism

12.

a system in which the government owns and operates a country’s means of production

a)

Socialism

b)

Conservation

c)

Capitalism

13.

Who was the socialist union The Industrial Workers of the World

a)

Robert M. La Follette

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

William “Big Bill” Haywood

14.

What socialist union did William “Big Bill” Haywood lead

a)

Industrial Workers of the World

b)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

c)

Conservation

d)

Progressive Party

15.

Which amendment was known for banning the production, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages throughout the United States

a)

None of the below

b)

Seventeenth Amendment

c)

Eighteenth Amendment

d)

Sixteenth Amendment

16.

an organization that called for economic and educational equality for African Americans

a)

None of the below

b)

Conservation

c)

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

d)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

17.

Who took office after president McKinley died

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

e)

James Buchanan

18.

Which law prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs

a)

Workers' Compensation Law

b)

Pure Food Drug Act

c)

Seventeenth Amendment

d)

Sixteenth Amendment

19.

the protection of nature and its resources

a)

None of the Below

b)

Initiative

c)

Conservation

d)

Socialism

20.

William Howard Taft

a)

favored business regulation and opposed socialism

b)

favored business regulation and socialism

21.

was nicknamed the Bull Moose Party because Roosevelt said he was “as strong as a bull moose

a)

State farm

b)

Possession Party

c)

Progressive Party

d)

Progressive Parks

22.

The split between Taft and Roosevelt divided the Republican vote, and Democratic candidate (a)   the electoral vote by a wide margin

23.

which amendment allows the federal government to impose direct taxes on citizens’ incomes

a)

Sixteenth Amendment

b)

Seventeenth Amendment