Benchmark review (US 11)

process that allows citizens to reject or accept laws passed by their legislature.

Banned the making, selling, or transporting of alcoholic beverages.

system in which ranchers did not fence in their property and cattle grazed freely.

term coined by Mark Twain to describe the post-Reconstruction era

Court case that upheld racial segregation laws for public facilities under "separate but equal"

movement that responded to the pressures of industrialization and urbanization with reforms.

Provided for the direct election of Senators by the voters of each state.

social activist, led women to picket at the White House to get the right to vote.

political party that emerged from the Taft-Roosevelt battle that split the Republican Party

process in which citizens put a proposed new law directly on the ballot.

segregation laws enacted in the South after Reconstruction

president of the NAWSA, campaigned to pass women’s suffrage at the state and national levels.

to adopt the culture and civilization of the dominant group in a society

writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in politics or business.

Who wrote, The Jungle

process by which voters can remove elected officials from office before their terms end.

constitutional amendment that gave Congress the power to impose an income tax.

What is suffrage?

multistory building divided into apartments to house as many families as possible

book that portrayed the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States

belief that native-born white Americans are superior to newcomers

organization founded to abolish segregation and discrimination for African Americans.

island in New York that served as an immigration station for millions of immigrants in the US

constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote.

tax which voters were required to pay to vote.

group that worked on the state and national levels to earn women the right to vote.

leader in the settlement house movement.

a law which allowed a person to vote only if his ancestors had voted prior to 1866