DBQ UNIT 7

Question 1

united mine workers, labor demands (20% pay increase, 9 hour workday), management refused to recognize union

Answer 1

Coal Strike of 1902

Question 2

prove gov’t of the people ruled and not big business and corporations

Answer 2

Trustbuster

Question 3

federal rate regulation of railroads

Answer 3

Elkins Act

Question 4

Expanded the regulatory power and jurisdiction of the ICC,Set max RR rates

Answer 4

Hepburn Act (1906)

Question 5

workers could work no more than 16 hours straight

Answer 5

Railway Act 1907

Question 6

Overturned state power to regulate maximum working hours

Answer 6

Lochner vs New York (1905)

Question 7

Upheld limited working hours for women

Answer 7

Muller v. Oregon (1908)

Question 8

Case started in 1908 under TR, Broke up Standard Oil

Answer 8

Standard Oil Trust v New Jersey (1911)

Question 9

Federal promotion of irrigation in western states, Over 230 million acres of land now under federal protection

Answer 9

Newlands Reclamation Act (1902)

Question 10

Prohibited impure and falsely labeled foods and drugs, Established foundations for Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Answer 10

Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)

Question 11

Prohibited misleading labels, Prohibited harmful chemicals Meat Inspection Act (1906)

Answer 11

Meat Inspection Act (1906)

Question 12

Dishonarable dismissal of 167 African American soldier after white bartender killed & white cop wounded (no evidence)

Answer 12

Fort Brown (segregated)

Question 13

Banned anarchists, epilepsy, beggars, importers of prostitutes

Answer 13

Anarchist Exclusion Act (1901)

Question 14

Enacted literacy tests, Asiatic Barred Zone, Banned alcoholics, homosexuals

Answer 14

Immigration Act of 1917

Question 15

had the people nominate senators instead of state legislators

Answer 15

17th amendment

Question 16

illegalized the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol

Answer 16

18th amendment

Question 17

gave women the right to vote

Answer 17

19th amendment