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Jackson,Joseph ch 21

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Political Machines

a)

powerful organizations that used both legal

and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to public offi ce.

b)

journalists who “raked up” and exposed the

muck, or fi lth, of society

2.

Progressives

a)

allowed Americans to

vote directly for U.S. senators

b)

A group of reformers to improve society

in the late 1800s.

3.

Muckrakers

a)

permitted voters to

approve or reject a law that had already been

proposed or passed by a government body.

b)

journalists who

“raked up” and exposed the

muck, or filth, of society.

4.

Seventeenth Amendment

a)

allowed Americans to

vote directly for U.S. senators.

b)

guaranteed a portion of lost wages to workers injured

on the job.

5.

Recall

a)

In 1905 a group of socialists and union

leaders founded a union that welcomed

immigrants, women, African Americans,

and others not welcome in the AFL. L

b)

remove

6.

Initiative

a)

an economic system in which

private businesses run most industries and

competition determines the price of goods.

b)

allowed

voters to propose a new law by collecting

signatures on a petition.

7.

Referendum

a)

, permitted voters to

approve or reject a law that had already been

proposed or passed by a government body.

b)

grant-

ing American women the right to vote.

8.

Robert M. La Follette

a)

He also made available to the

public information on how politicians voted.

That way, voters would know if leaders had


kept their campaign promises.

b)

people working to improve society

in the late 1800s.

9.

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

a)

On the afternoon of March 25, a

fi re started on the eighth fl oor of the factory.

Workers tried to escape, but factory owners

had locked the exit doors—to reduce theft of

materials, they said.

By the time fi refi ghters brought the fi re

under control, 146 workers had died.

b)

powerful organizations that used both legal

and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to public offi ce.

10.

Workers' Compensation Laws

a)

which guaran-

teed a portion of lost wages to workers injured

on the job.

b)

a system in which the govern-

ment owns and operates a country’s means

of production

11.

Capitalism

a)

an economic system in which

private businesses run most industries and

competition determines the price of goods.

b)

On the afternoon of March 25, a

fi re started on the eighth fl oor of the factory.

Workers tried to escape, but factory owners

had locked the exit doors—to reduce theft of

materials

12.

Socialism

a)

cbanning the production, sale,

and transportation of alcoholic beverages

throughout the United States.

b)

a system in which the govern-

ment owns and operates a country’s means

of production.

13.

Industrial Workers of the World

a)

an economic system in which

private businesses run most industries and

competition determines the price of goods.

b)

socialist

union

14.

Eighteenth Amendment

a)

grant-

ing American women the right to vote.

b)

banning the production, sale,

and transportation of alcoholic beverages

throughout the United States.

15.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

a)

an organization that called for economic and

educational equality for African Americans

b)

allowed

voters to propose a new law by collecting

signatures on a petition

16.

Theodore Roosevelt

a)

a progressive 3rd party president.

b)

He also made available to the

public information on how politicians voted.

That way, voters would know if leaders had


kept their campaign promises.

17.

Pure Food Drug Act

a)

allowed Americans to

vote directly for U.S. senators.

b)

This law prohibited the

manufacture, sale, and transport of mislabeled

or contaminated food and drugs

18.

Conservation

a)

party created by rosevelt

b)

the protection of nature

and its resources

19.

William Howard Taft

a)

28th U.S. President

b)

rosavelts secrtary

20.

Progressive Party

a)

party created by rosevelt

b)

an economic system in which

private businesses run most industries and

competition determines the price of goods.

21.

Woodrow Wilson

a)

a progressive 3rd party president.

b)

28th U.S. President

22.

Sixteenth Amendment

a)

allows the

federal government to impose direct taxes

on citizens’ incomes.

b)

grant-

ing American women the right to vote.

23.

Nineteenth Amendment ,

a)

grant-

ing American women the right to vote.

b)

allows the

federal government to impose direct taxes

on citizens’ incomes.