History Exam on Units 16-20 Flashcards
The main purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act was to regulate what industry?
Railroads
What term was used to describe southern Democrats after Reconstruction?
Redeemers (or Bourbons)
What is the term used for journalists and authors who exposed the abuses and failings of American life?
Muckrakers
Who was a pioneer in catalog sales?
Aaron Montgomery Ward
What treaty that had been negotiated to end the Great War was defeated by the U.S. Senate?
Treaty of Versailles
What was the movement that brought speakers and entertainment to many towns and cities?
Chautauqua Movement
What was the British passenger liner sunk on May 7, 1915?
Lusitania
What was the 1896 Supreme Court decision that upheld the practice of separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What Wisconsin Senator was a leading spokesman for Progressivism?
Robert LaFollette
What is the name for a chartered business that is considered a legal person?
Corporation
Who was the black educator who founded Tuskegee Institute and accepted social segregation and discrimination?
Booker T. Washington
What was the third party formed in the early 1890s primarily by farmers who felt overlooked by the Republicans and Democrats?
Populist (or People’s) Party
Who was the Secretary of State for most of Wilson’s first term?
William Jennings Bryan
What is the banking system begun in 1913?
Federal Reserve System
Who was the wealthiest leader in the oil industry?
John D. Rockefeller
John Dewey was influential in what field?
Education
Who is the President most associated with encouraging the construction of the Panama Canal?
Theodore Roosevelt
What is the term for the policy of using gold and silver as the standard for money?
Bimetallism
What term was given to the practice of Theodore Roosevelt’s Administration of filing suits to break up business trusts
Trust-busting
Who was the President assassinated in 1881 and succeeded by Chester Arthur?
James A. Garfileld
