SS8 Ch. 21 Review

Question 1

Passed in 1919, the Nineteenth Amendment

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granted women the right to vote

Question 2

What was the decision in Muller v. Oregon Supreme Court case dealing with women's working hours

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women's health was a matter of public concern

Question 3

The ultimate goal of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) was to

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overthrow capitalism

Question 4

Why were business leaders opposed to granting women the right to vote?

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they thought women voters would support minimum wage laws

Question 5

What was William Howard Taft's main criticism of President Theodore Roosevelt?

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Roosevelt claimed more power than Constitution allowed

Question 6

union founded in 1905 by socialists and union leaders that included workers not welcome in AFL

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Industrial Workers of the World

Question 7

For what measure did President Wilson push soon after taking office?

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banking reform and tariff revision

Question 8

an economic system in which private businesses run most industries

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capitalism

Question 9

a vote to remove an official from office

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recall

Question 10

William Howard Taft lost the support of Progressives before the election of 1912 because he

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failed to reduce all tariffs and lower prices for consumers

Question 11

a short-lived political party that attempted to institute social reforms

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Progressive Party

Question 12

Governor Robert M. La Follette began a program of reforms called the Wisconsin Idea

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to decrease power of political machines

Question 13

a constitutional amendment that gave women the vote

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Nineteenth

Question 14

a factory fire that killed 146 workers trapped in the the building

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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

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an organization founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony to obtain women's vote

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National American Woman Suffrage Association

Question 16

The Seventeenth Amendment allowed

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Americans to vote directly for U.S. senators

Question 17

a constitutional amendment allowing American voters to directly elect U.S. senators

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Seventeenth

Question 18

powerful organizations that influenced city and county politics

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political machines

Question 19

a term coined for journalists who "raked up" and exposed corruption and problems of society

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muckrakers

Question 20

regulations guaranteeing a portion of lost wages to workers injured on the job

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workers' compensation laws

Question 21

an organization founded by W.E.B. Du Bois and other reformers to bring attention to race inequa

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Question 22

The Pure Food and Drug Act protected consumers by

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banned the sale and transport of contaminated food or drugs

Question 23

a constitutional amendment that outlawed the production and sale of alcoholic beverages in U.S.

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Eighteenth

Question 24

The task of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was to

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pass local and state laws restricting the sale of alcohol

Question 25

a law that set regulatory standards for industries involved in preparing food

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Pure Food and Drug Act

Question 26

John Dewey's education reform sought to

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give children critical thinking and problem-solving skills

Question 27

Employers hired child laborers because children

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worked for less pay than adults

Question 28

a method of allowing voters to propose a new law if enough signatures are collected on petition

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initiative

Question 29

the planned management of natural resources to prevent their destruction

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conservation

Question 30

Theodore Roosevelt's idea for balancing the interests of consumers, laborers and business-peopl

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Square Deal

Question 31

a group of reformers who worked to improve social and political problems in the late 1800s

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progressives

Question 32

City and county politics in the late 1800s were influenced by organizations called

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political machines

Question 33

What is one of the fundamental differences between capitalism and socialism?

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Under socialism, the govt owns factories and raw materials

Question 34

The main reason for the rise in Mexican immigration between 1901 and 1930 was that Mexicans

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could cross the U.S. border with relative ease

Question 35

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

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socialism

Question 36

a procedure that allows voters to approve or reject a law already proposed or passed by govt

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referendum

Question 37

an amendment to the constitution that allows personal income to be taxed

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Sixteenth

Question 38

Child labor continued even after the reforms of the 1910s because

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poor families needed the income, however little

Question 39

After winning city elections in 1888, Tammany Hall rewarded its supporters with

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jobs

Question 40

In 1890 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony founded the

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National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

SS8 Ch. 21 Review

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SS8 Ch. 21 Review

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