Progressive Reform Era

Question 1

Spoils System

Answer 1

practice of rewarding supporters with government jobs.

Question 2

patronage

Answer 2

control of appointment to government jobs.

Question 3

merit

Answer 3

based on ability not politics.

Question 4

Pendleton Act

Answer 4

Created the Civil Service Commission- to conduct exams for federal jobs.

Question 5

Civil Service

Answer 5

includes all federal jobs except elected offices and the military.

Question 6

regulate

Answer 6

control

Question 7

interstate commerce

Answer 7

business that crossed state lines.

Question 8

Interstate Commerce Act

Answer 8

forbid practices such as pools and rebates. It also set up a Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to oversee railroads.

Question 9

Sherman Antitrust Act

Answer 9

prohibits the formation of trusts and/or monopolies.

Question 10

political bosses

Answer 10

Powerful politicians, gained power in many cities.

Question 11

Wisconsin Idea

Answer 11

Robert La Follete, Wisconsin, introduced a series of progressive reforms.

Question 12

primary election

Answer 12

Election in which voters choose their party’s candidate for the general election.

Question 13

initiative

Answer 13

Gave voters the right to put a bill before a state legislature.

Question 14

recall

Answer 14

Allowed voters to remove an elected official from office.

Question 15

referendum

Answer 15

Voters can vote directly on a bill.

Question 16

16th Amendment

Answer 16

gave congress the power to pass an income tax.

Question 17

17th Amendent

Answer 17

allowed the direct election of Senators.

Question 18

muckraker

Answer 18

journalist who exposed corruption and other problems.

Question 19

Upton Sinclair

Answer 19

wrote a novel The Jungle, exposed details about unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry.

Question 20

Jacob Riis

Answer 20

photographer, provided images of slum life. Exposed inadequate fire & police protection and inadequate sanitation services.

Question 21

Ida Tarbell

Answer 21

wrote articles about the Standard Oil Company, she focused on the unfair practices of big business.

Question 22

Temperance Movement

Answer 22

Campaign against alcohol consumption.

Question 23

Why did women oppose alcohol?

Answer 23

it caused economic hardships and violence in the home, many saloons refused entry to women.

Question 24

WCTU

Answer 24

Womens’ Christian Temperance Union- Worked towards putting a ban on alcohol.

Question 25

18th Amendment

Answer 25

Made it illegal to sell alcoholic drinks anywhere in the U.S.

Question 26

lynching

Answer 26

mob to illegally seize and execute someone.