Acts

Question 0

Interstate Commerce Commission could set up own fair freight rates, extended its power over pipelines, bridges.

A. Espionage act of 1917
B. Keating-Owen Act (1916)
C. Hepburn Act (1906)

Answer 0

Hepburn Act (1906)

Question 1

Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)

Answer 1

Prohibited manufacture, sale, and transportation if fraudulently labeled goods and drugs.

Question 2

Meat Inspection Act (1906)

Answer 2

Federal and sanitary regulations and inspections of meat packing facilities established. Result of wartime scandals in 1898.

Question 4

US and Japan pledged to maintain Open Door principles in China. Aimed to secure international agreement to the U.S. policy of promoting equal opportunity for international trade with China, and respect for China’s administrative and territorial integrity.

A. Taft-Katsura Memo
B. Glass-Steagall Act (1933)
C. Keating-Owen Act (1916)

Answer 4

Taft-Katsura Memo

Question 5

Gentleman’s Agreement with Japan (1907)

Answer 5

Racial discrimination against Japanese in California, so Japan agreed they would restrict sending unskilled Japanese immigrants to US

Question 5

Federal Farm Loan Act (1916)

Answer 5

Credit reform for agriculture

Question 6

What act had to do with child labor laws?

A. Glass-Steagall Act (1933)
B. Keating-Owen Act (1916)
C. Dawes Act of 1887

Answer 6

Keating-Owen Act (1916)

Question 8

Law divided nation in 12 regions with Fed Reserve Banks in each region; this system services financial needs of federal govt.

A. Glass-Steagall Act (1933)
B. Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914
C. Federal Reserve Act of 1913

Answer 8

Federal Reserve Act of 1913

Question 9

Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914

Answer 9

Supplemented Antitrust Act of 1890; prohibited price discrimination

Question 10

____________ forbade criticism of government.

A.Espionage Act of 1917
B. Sedition Act 1918
C. Emergency Quota Act 1921

Answer 10

Sedition Act 1918

Question 11

_____ prohibited interference with military operations or recruitment, to prevent insubordination in the military, and to prevent the support of U.S. enemies during wartime.

A.Espionage Act of 1917
B. Sedition Act 1918
C. Emergency Quota Act 1921

Answer 11

Espionage Act of 1917

Question 12

Law admitted immigrants from Britain, Ireland, and Germany, but limited Italians, Greeks, poles and European Jews

A.Espionage Act of 1917
B. Sedition Act 1918
C.

Answer 12

Emergency Quota Act 1921

Question 13

How did the National Origins Act (1924) affect immigrants?

Answer 13

Restricted more immigrants

Question 14

Also known as the Banking Act of 1933, and part of FDRs New Deal. This act established Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and insured individual deposits in commercial banks, and separated commercial banking from more speculative activity in investment banking

A. Dawes Act 1887
B. Glass-Steagall Act (1933)
C. Emergency Banking Relief Act (1933)

Answer 14

Glass-Steagall Act (1933)

Question 15

A bill passed during the administration of former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in reaction to the financially adverse conditions of the Great Depression. Called for a four-day mandatory shutdown of U.S. banks for inspections before they could be reopened, sought to re-instill investor confidence and stability in the banking system.

A. Dawes Act 1887
B. Glass-Steagall Act (1933)
C. Emergency Banking Relief Act (1933)

Answer 15

Emergency Banking Relief Act (1933)

Question 16

Broke up Indian reservation and redistributed it amongst individuals.

A. National Origins Act (1924)
B. Dawes Act 1887
C. Indian Reorganization of 1934

Answer 16

Dawes Act of 1887

Question 17

Indian Reorganization of 1934

Answer 17

proposed by John Collier

• repealed Dawes Act
• Restored tribal ownership to lands, recognized their govts, provided lands, etc.

Question 18

US labor law that guarantees the right for private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining for better terms and conditions at work, and take collective action including strike if necessary.

A. Wagner Act (1935)
B. Dawes Act 1887
C. Glass-Steagall Act (1933)

Answer 18

Wagner Act (1935)

Question 19

The _______________ (1935) prohibited the sale of arms and munitions to any nation at war.

Answer 19

The Neutrality Act of 1935

Question 19

Selective Service and Training Act (1940)

Answer 19

Congress approved nation’s 1st peacetime draft

Question 20

Under what act did FDR officially proclaim neutrality in WW2?

Answer 20

Neutrality Act of 1939

Question 22

Under the Lend-Lease Act (1941), the US would provide supplies to _________ in exchange for goods\services after the war.

Answer 22

Britain

Question 23

What act gave government the right to seize a plant or mine that was idled by a strike if it hurt the war effort?

A. Dawes Act 1887
B. Smith-Connolly Act of 1943
C. Neutrality Acts 1935-1937

Answer 23

Smith-Connolly Act of 1943

Question 24

What act prohibited discrimination for reason of color, race, religion, or national origin in public places, outlawed racial discrimination by employers, and created Equal Employment Opportunity Commission?

A. Dawes Act 1887
B. Glass-Steagall Act (1933)
C. Budget Reconciliation Act (1981)
D. Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 24

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 25

What act was passed under Reagan and cut billions from domestic programs including edu, food stamps, public housing, but increased defense budget?

A. Dawes Act 1887
B. Glass-Steagall Act (1933)
C. Budget Reconciliation Act (1981)
D. Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 25

Budget Reconciliation Act (1981)

Question 26

What act bans racial discrimination in voting practices by the federal government as well as by state and local governments?

Answer 26

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Question 27

What act provided equal housing opportunities?

Answer 27

Civil Rights Act of 1968 or Federal Housing Act of 1968

Question 28

The ___________was passed by Congress on March 11, 1941. It provided that the president could ship weapons, food, or equipment to any country whose struggle against the Axis assisted U.S. defense.

Answer 28

Lend-Lease Act (1941)

Question 29

The ______ (1941) was to ensure that the president would consult Congress before committing troops to extended conflicts.

A. Homestead Act
B. War Powers Act
C. Strategic Defense Initiative
D. Neutrality Act of 1937

Answer 29

War Powers Act

Question 30

The ___________ Act (1862) was a form of government assistance and made it easier for settlers to live and farm on the great plains.

A. Homestead Act
B. War Powers Act
C. Strategic Defense Initiative
D. Neutrality Act of 1937

Answer 30

Homestead Act

Question 31

___________, also known as Star Wars, was a program first initiated on March 23, 1983 under President Ronald Reagan. The intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union.

A. Homestead Act
B. War Powers Act
C. Strategic Defense Initiative
D. Neutrality Act of 1937

Answer 31

Strategic Defense Initiative

Question 32

The 1937 ___________established “cash-and-carry”: it required warring nations to pay cash for all “nonwar” goods and to carry them on their own ships.

Answer 32

Neutrality Act

Question 33

The ______________ Act (1947) proposed by republicans in Congress–said declared that labor unions could no longer require employers to only hire union members.

Answer 33

Taft-Hartley Act