Progressive-ism + Presidents

Question 1

1906 law that required government inspection of meat shipped across state lines.

Answer 1

Meat inspection act.

Question 2

1906 law that regulated food and patented medicine.

Answer 2

Pure food and drug act.

Question 3

1911 incident where 140 workers died in a clothing factory.

Answer 3

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

Question 4

1914 act that defined what a monopoly or trust was.

Answer 4

Clayton Anti-trust act.

Question 5

Another name for the progressive party.

Answer 5

Bull Moose Party.

Question 6

Another name for secret ballot.

Answer 6

Australian Ballot.

Question 7

Ban on manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol.

Answer 7

Prohibition.

Question 8

Created a three tier banking system.

Answer 8

Federal reserve act. (Woodrow Wilson)

Question 9

Created income tax.

Answer 9

16th Amendment.

Question 10

Direct election of U.S Senators.

Answer 10

17th Amendment.

Question 11

Event where President Taft fired conservationist Gifford Pinchot.

Answer 11

Ballinger-Pinchot affair.

Question 12

Famous bootlegger in Chicago during the 1920s and 30s.

Answer 12

Al Capone.

Question 13

Famous Olympic gold medalist who lobbied for the rights of American Indians.

Answer 13

Jim Thorpe.

Question 14

Federal law that enforced prohibition.

Answer 14

Volstead act.

Question 15

First silent film to tell a story.

Answer 15

Great train robbery.

Question 16

First talkie

Answer 16

Jazz singer

Question 17

Former ballplayer turned preacher during the Temperance movement.

Answer 17

Billy Sunday.

Question 18

Founded in 1890 to win the right to vote for women.

Answer 18

NAWSA.