Unit 3: Progressive Era

Question 1

16th Amendment

Answer 1

allows the federal (United States) government to levy (collect) an income tax from all Americans.

Question 2

17th Amendment

Answer 2

provides for the election of U.S.

senators by the people rather than by state legislatures.

Question 3

18th Amendment

Answer 3

banned the sale and drinking of alcohol in the United States

Question 4

19th Amendment

Answer 4

provides men and women with equal voting rights

Question 5

Direct primary

Answer 5

preliminary election whereby voters decide their party’s candidates

Question 6

initiaitve

Answer 6

a procedure by which a legislative measure can be originated by the people rather than by lawmakers

Question 7

muckrakers

Answer 7

one of the magazine journalists who exposed the corrupt side of business and public life in the early
1900

Question 8

Progressive Party

Answer 8

a political party formed in 1912 under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt, advocating popular control of government, direct primaries, the initiative, the referendum, woman suffrage, etc.

Question 9

recall

Answer 9

a procedure for removing a public official from office by a vote of the people

Question 10

referendum

Answer 10

a procedure by which a proposed legislative measure can be submitted to a vote of the people