Gilded Age

Question 1

recall

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the right that enables voters to remove unsatisfactory elected officials from office

Question 2

pure food and drug act 1906

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prohibited the manufacture, sale, or shipment of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs

Question 3

interstate commerce act 1887

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set up to regulate interstate businesses, especially RR, and make sure they charge fair rates (an important step in the fed govt starting to regulate businesses)

Question 4

17th amendment 1913

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direct election of senators - the people directly vote for their US senators (originally, state legislatures elected US senators but the system led to some corruption)

Question 5

19th amendement 1920

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guarantees women the right to vote

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16th amendement 1913

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allows congress to levy (collect) an income tax

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18th amendment 1919

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prohibition of alcohol

Question 8

referendum

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the practice of letting voters accept or reject a proposed law or other measure directly

Question 9

direct primary

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a vote held by all members of a political party to decide their candidate for public office

Question 10

social darwinism

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a (incorrect) theory based on darwinism that the people with power and wealth are superior to poorer people “survival of the richest”

Question 11

settlement house

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a place located in a poorer neighborhood to provide community services such as medical and child care

Question 12

pendleton civil service act 1883

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congress required some jobs to be filled by competitive written exams, not by patronage, which is giving a job as a favor

Question 13

patronage

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giving a job as a favor

Question 14

poll tax

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a tax each person had to pay in order to vote (illegal)

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jim crow laws 1890s-1960s

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laws which enforce segregation, the isolation of a race

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segregation

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the isolation of a race

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initiative

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the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislature for approval

Question 18

sharman antitrust act 1890

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prohibited business activities, like trusts, that hurt competition (ineffective but showed fed govt was starting to try to regulate)

Question 19

child labor act 1916

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prohibited the employment of children under 14 in factories producing goods for interstate commerce

Question 20

clayton antitrust act 1914

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supported the sherman antitrust act by prohibiting actions that hurt competition between businesses

Question 21

meat inspection act 1906

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law to prevent and to ensure that meat is labeled correctly and processed under sanitary conditions

Question 22

national park service 1916

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administers national parks, monuments, historic sites & recreational areas

Question 23

jane addams

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progressive who founded a settlement house, Hull House, and worked for social reform, especially for mothers

Question 24

w.e.b. dubois

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civil rights activist and founder of the naacp who insisted on full civil rights for african americans

Question 25

booker t. washington

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civil rights leader who did not openly challenge segregation but focused on building self sufficient aa communities

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ida b. wells-barnett

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civil rights leader and journalist who exposed the horrors of lynching and worked for rights for african americans and women

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susan b. anthony

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leading reformer in the women’s suffrage movement (suffrage is the right to vote)

Question 28

jacob riis

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muckraker who exposed social problems through photography and journalism espec in ny

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william taft 1909-1913

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progressive president who worked for trust-busting, civil service reform, & strengthening the interstate commerce commission

Question 30

frances willard

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progressive leader who helped in the passage of the 18th and 19th amendments

Question 31

woodrow wilson 1913-1921

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progressive president who oversaw the federal reserve act, the clayton antitrust act, the federal trade commission, and the federal farm loan act

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theodore roosevelt 1901-1909

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leading progressive president whose “square deal” policies regulated railroads, broke up trusts, conserved the environment, & help food purity

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upton sinclair

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muckraker who wrote books like the jungle to expose problems, such as those in the meat packing industry

Question 34

laissez-faire “let go”

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businesses are free from govt control. during gilded age it helped some businesses grow but also led to big businesses controlling too much of the govt and economy

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philanthropy

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providing money to help other people

Question 36

15th amendment 1870

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prohibits denying the right to vote to citizens on the basis of race

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14th amendment 1868

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grants citizenship to everyone born in the US and subject to its jurisdiction and protects civil and political liberties

Question 38

social gospel

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a movement that applied christian ethics to social problems. many were also progressives

Question 39

“spoils system”

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the practice of a winning political party or politician giving public offices to its supporters

Question 40

populism and the populist party

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a political movement representing mainly farmers who wanted free coinage of silver, govt control of RR and other large industries & a graduated income tax