Quiz 3

Question 0

16th amendment

Answer 0

allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states
This amendment overruled Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co. (1895), which limited the Congress’s authority to levy an income tax.
Populist party
More money for gov to lend/ reduce prices

Question 1

19th amendment

Answer 1

Can’t be taken out
Can only be changed
Gives suffrage to women (1920)

Question 2

17th amendment

Answer 2

Direct election
People vote for senators
Gives people more power
Also by populist party

Question 3

Elkins Act

Answer 3

Receiving & granting RR rebels

Question 4

Trust buster

Answer 4

Doesn’t have problem w/ trust
Good trusts — leave them alone
Bad trusts — need to be shut down

Question 5

Coal strike

Answer 5

Workers stopped working
Workers wanted higher wages, 8 hour work day, union to be recognized
1902
Coal needed for trains, heat, stove
Need to have resolution
Mediate: meet in middle, mediator vs. 2 people compromising
Arbitration: arbitrator listens to both sides, makes decision
In the end: coal miners get 10% raise, 9 hr workday, union not fully recognized, company allowed to raise products by 10%

Question 6

Square deal

Answer 6

A fair & honest bargain/ treatment
Both sides benefit
Square deal for coal miners strike

Question 7

Pure food & drug act

Answer 7

1906
Federal inspection of meats
Forbade manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated foods
Came about because of muck rakers (upton Sinclair)

Question 8

Muckrakers

Answer 8

Unraveling politics or certain subjects
Getting to the bottom
Finding out what’s really true

Question 9

Progressivism

Answer 9

Social reform
Political reform
Introduction to industrialization

Question 10

Niagra movement

Answer 10

Feb 1905
African Americans
Want: unrestricted right to vote, end segregation, equality for E oppurtunity, higher education for talented, end to trade union discrimination, renounced Atlanta comprise

Question 11

Initiative, reform, referendum

Answer 11

initiative - a procedure by which a specified number of voters may propose a statute, constitutional amendment, or ordinance, and compel a popular vote on its adoption.
Referendum - The submission of a proposed public measure or actual statute to a direct popular vote.
To abolish abuse or malpractice in: reform the government.

Question 12

Muller v. Oregon (1908)

Answer 12

The statute before the Court in Muller was an Oregon law passed in 1903 that set a maximum of ten hours a day for women employed in factories and laundries. The law was similar to laws passed in many states during what is known as the Progressive Era in an attempt to provide some protection for workers from the harsh consequences of industrialization.

Question 13

Ballinger-Pinchot Affair

Answer 13

The Ballinger Pinchot affair was a dispute between Gifford Pinchot and Richard Ballinger, two American politicians in the beginning of the 20th century. The dispute eventually became one of the reasons for the split of the Republican Party.

Question 14

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 14

He was an aggressive leader and believed that Congress could not function properly without good leadership provided by the president. His progressive program was known as New Freedom and his foreign policy program was Moral Diplomacy. He was president during World War I.

Question 15

Underwood Tariff (1913)

Answer 15

The Underwood Tariff act reduced levies on import and export of manufactured goods and raw materials. At the same time, it created the income tax on U.S. citizens. Woodrow Wilson was president.

Question 16

Federal reserve act 1913

Answer 16

created 12 district banks that would lend $ at discount rates
Loosen/ tight credit w/ nations needs

Question 17

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Answer 17

investigated companies and issued cease-and-desist orders against unfair trade practices; could be appealed in court, but still a step toward consumer protection

Question 18

National war labors board

Answer 18

Taft & Walsh 
Create board to be in charge 
Negotiate/ solve problems before any strike happens (in US)
Standardize wages 
Restricting hours 8-10 hours 
Arbitrated strikes

Question 19

War industries Board

Answer 19

Control industries
Gov. Takeover all industries
Force people to abid by regulations
Bernard Beruch: ran war industries

Question 20

Upton Sinclair

Answer 20

Wrote the Jungle
Muckraker for food and meat companies
Opened up the truth about meat packaging
Got pure food & drug act & food administration

Question 21

Great migration

Answer 21

Movement of African Americans to the North
Job opportunities
Better economic opourtunites
Less segregation

Question 22

Mann Elkins act

Answer 22

strengthened the responsibilities, and authority, of the Interstate Commerce Commission to include the regulation of telephone, telegraph, and cable companies as well as railroad companies. - See more at

Question 23

Committee on public info

Answer 23

The committee was formed to influence the U.S. public opinion on the participation of World War I.

Question 24

Zimmerman telegram

Answer 24

In the telegram, intercepted and deciphered by British intelligence in January 1917, Zimmermann instructed the ambassador, Count Johann von Bernstorff, to offer significant financial aid to Mexico if it agreed to enter any future U.S-German conflict as a German ally. If victorious in the conflict, Germany also promised to restore to Mexico the lost territories of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.

Question 25

Henry Cabot lodge

Answer 25

Accused of not caring for others
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he was a leader in the fight against participation in the League of Nations

Question 26

Hay bunau varilla treaty

Answer 26

The Hay Bunau Varilla Treaty is a treaty signed on November 18, 1903 between the United States and Panama. This treaty established the Panama Canal Zone and the construction of the Panama Canal

Question 27

W.E.B Du Bois

Answer 27

Didn’t like booker T’s ideas
Went against them
Should act now