History quiz chapter 18

Question 1

Progressivism

Answer 1

Political and social reform advocating for education, wider political participation, and direct action

Question 2

Referendum

Answer 2

Process of proposing or repealing legislation

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Secret Ballot

Answer 2

Progressives favored anonymous voters

Question 2

Initiative

Answer 2

Process of proposing new legislation through a petition

Question 3

Recall

Answer 3

Process to remove elected officials from office

Question 3

18th Amendment

Answer 3

It banned manufacturer sale and transportation of alcohol

Question 3

17th Amendmen

Answer 3

A calling for the direct election of U.S. senators

Question 4

16th Amendment

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It Provided the government with funds to initiate forms

Question 4

19th Amendment

Answer 4

It Granted women the right to vote

Question 4

Trust busting

Answer 4

Government tool to break up monopolies

Question 5

Prohibition

Answer 5

Era when the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol was banned

Question 5

Muckrakers

Answer 5

The literary leaders of progressivism were writers who exposed abuse and corruption

Question 5

NAACP

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s goal was to seek equality

Question 6

Susan B. Anthony

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Key figure in the crusade for women’s suffrage was part of an overall campaign for equal rights for women

Question 6

“Square Deal”

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The belief that every man and woman should receive fair treatment and equal opportunity

Question 7

Theodore Roosevelt

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The president most closely associated with the progressive movement

Question 7

Pure Food and Drug Act

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Outlawed the interstate sale of impure food and drugs and required honest labeling

Question 8

Meat Inspection Act

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Required inspections for the preparation and packaging of meat

Question 9

Panama Canal

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Panama gained independence so a canal could be built and the U.S. didn’t have to go around the tip of South America

Question 9

Dollar diplomacy

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Taft preferred to influence foreign affairs through the investment of American dollars in foreign countries

Question 9

William Howard Taft

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Roosevelt’s handpicked successor captured the Republican nomination and won the 1908 presidential election

Question 9

Roosevelt Corollary

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Stated that the U.S. would act as a “policeman” to maintain economic and political stability in the Western Hemisphere

Question 10

Progressive party

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Roosevelt and his followers formed a third party

Question 10

Federal Trade Commission

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A board of five men authorized to help define and halt unfair business practices

Question 11

Clayton Antitrust Act

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strengthened the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by expanding the list of practices prohibited to corporations and exempted labor

Question 11

Woodrow Wilson

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The Democrats nominated a progressive candidate and he won because of a split Republican vote

Question 12

Federal Reserve Act

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Divided the nation into twelve banking districts

Question 12

Assembly Line

Answer 12

Ford perfected this with Interchangeable parts achieving a high speed in manufacturing

Question 12

Henry Ford

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Produced the Model T, a plain but remarkably sturdy car