Chapter 17

Question 1

Temperance movement

Answer 1

Tried to convince people to avoid alcohol

Question 2

Referendum

Answer 2

A vote of the people

Question 3

Bootlegging

Answer 3

Men who carried illegal alcohol in their high boots

Question 4

Feminist

Answer 4

A person in favor of equal rights for women

Question 5

Secret ballot

Answer 5

Voters make their choices in private

Question 6

Demagogue

Answer 6

Someone who stirred up the people with speeches

Question 7

Diplomats

Answer 7

Those trained to handle sensitive situations between countries

Question 8

Isolationists

Answer 8

Wanted to stay out of the world affairs

Question 9

Interventionist

Answer 9

Wanted to be part of the world community

Question 10

Racism

Answer 10

The belief that one race is better than another

Question 11

Xenophobia

Answer 11

The fear of immigrants

Question 12

Mass production

Answer 12

The manufacture of identical products

Question 13

Consumer products

Answer 13

Like vacuums and radios

Question 14

Installment plan

Answer 14

Allowing the consumer to buy any product by making a small down payment

Question 15

Interchangeable parts

Answer 15

Standard parts that were put on an assembly line

Question 16

Boll weevil

Answer 16

A small beetle that feeds off the cotton boll

Question 17

Stock

Answer 17

Represents the ownership of a cooperation

Question 18

Trust

Answer 18

A combination of firms that control all business in an industry