Module 6 Social Studies

Question 1

who was woodrow wilson

Answer 1

ran on the democratic ticket and was elected president by a wide margin as the republican voters were split between taft and roosevelt

Question 2

what is initiative?

Answer 2

allowed voters to propose a new law and vote on it

Question 3

what did political machines do?

Answer 3

try to get their candidates elected to public office while using legal and illegal means

Question 4

who was william “big bill” haywood?

Answer 4

leader of the leading socialist union IWW

Question 5

W.E.B. du bois-

Answer 5

attacked discrimination and helped found the NAACP

Question 6

18th amendment-

Answer 6

banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages

Question 7

19th amendment-

Answer 7

allowed women the right to vote

Question 8

who founded the NAWSA?

Answer 8

elizabeth cady stanton and susan b. anthony

Question 9

what was the triangle shirtwaist fire?

Answer 9

a fire in a factory that killed 146 workers, mostly women and girls and led to laws to improve factory safety

Question 10

17th amendment-

Answer 10

allowed americans to vote directly for u.s. senators

Question 11

what is referendum?

Answer 11

permitted voters to directly approve or reject a proposed or enacted law

Question 12

roosevelt was the first president to _______

Answer 12

successfully use the 1890 sherman antitrust act to break up a monopoly

Question 13

16th amendment-

Answer 13

introducedthe modern income tax

Question 14

what did the pure food and drug act do?

Answer 14

prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs

Question 15

what is capitalism?

Answer 15

an economic system in which provate firms run industry

Question 16

what is socialism?

Answer 16

a system in which the government owns most industries

Question 17

who was william howard taft

Answer 17

ran for reelection on the republican ticket against roosevelt and moved more cautiously than him

Question 18

what is recall?

Answer 18

a special vote that gave citizens the opportunity to remove an elected official from office

Question 19

what did labor unions try to do?

Answer 19

improve working conditions and pay

Question 20

union membership rose ______

Answer 20

rapidly

Question 21

what did roosevelt call his reform policy?

Answer 21

the square deal

Question 22

what was the NAACP?

Answer 22

called for economic and educational equality for african americans

Question 23

who founded the more radical NWP?

Answer 23

alice paul

Question 24

ida b. wells-

Answer 24

spoke out against discrimination and drew attention to the lynching of african americans

Question 25

what was the gilded age?

Answer 25

a time of inequality between wealthy business owners and workers that included lots of political corruption in the late 1800s

Question 26

booker t. washington-

Answer 26

encouraged african americans to improve their educational and economic well being

Question 27

what did roosevelt persuade congress to do?

Answer 27

enact meat inspection laws and regulate railroad shipping rates

Question 28

what is conservation?

Answer 28

the protection of nature and its resources

Question 29

what did progressives push for?

Answer 29

elimate causes of crime, disease, and poverty; ease overcrowding in cities; advocate for better education; promote better working conditions and less child labor; fight corruption in business and government