Vocab terms

Question 1

Initiative

Answer 1

gave voters the right to introduce a bill directly before a state legislature.

Question 2

17th Amendment

Answer 2

Gave people the ability to vote directly for Senators

Question 3

Primary Election

Answer 3

voters can select which candidate will run in the general election

Question 4

Bull Moose Party (1912)

Answer 4

Theodore Roosevelt was their presidential nominee

Question 5

18th Amendment

Answer 5

known as Prohibition, established the banning of alcohol in the U.S.

Question 6

Referendum

Answer 6

allowed voters to be able to make a bill become a law (yes/no vote)

Question 7

16th Amendment

Answer 7

Established the income tax

Question 8

Progressive Era

Answer 8

A time period when the U.S. was regulating trusts/big business, fixing social problems, and encouraging free-enterprise

Question 9

Spoils System

Answer 9

A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.

Question 10

Thomas Nast

Answer 10

A famous cartoonist in the 19th century who hoped to expose Boss Tweed. Created the Republican Elephant, Democratic Donkey, and Santa Clause

Question 11

19th Amendment

Answer 11

Gave women the right to vote

Question 12

Muckrakers

Answer 12

exposed corruption and abuses in industry in big business men

Question 13

The Hepburn Act

Answer 13

Allowed the ICC greater control over railroads (Teddy Roosevelt)

Question 14

Elkins Act

Answer 14

Signed by Teddy Roosevelt to put an end to rebates in the railroad industry

Question 15

City bosses

Answer 15

Corrupt wealthy men that used their power over workers to gain political power

Question 16

Federal Reserve Act

Answer 16

law by Woodrow Wilson that created the modern banking system

Question 17

Meat Inspection Act

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A law passed by Congress to have meat inspected (Teddy Roosevelt)

Question 18

Pure Food and Drug Act

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Halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling (Teddy Roosevelt)

Question 19

political machine

Answer 19

a strong party organization that can control political appointments and deliver votes by giving out favors

Question 20

Election of 1912

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Presidential campaign involving Taft, T. Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson. Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote, because Roosevelt and other Progressives were not satisfied with Taft, enabling Wilson to win

Question 21

Progressives

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reformers who worked to stop unfair practices by businesses and improve the way the government works

Question 22

Women’s Temperance

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deals with making alcohol illegal in the U.S.

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Women’s Suffrage

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A movement to secure the right to vote for women

Question 24

Carry Nation

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A temperance crusader who busted bars/saloons ( wanted alcohol banned)

Question 25

Booker T. Washington

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African American progressive who supported segregation and demanded that African American better themselves individually to achieve equality.

Question 26

W.E.B. DuBois

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Encouraged blacks to resist systems of segregation and discrimination, helped create NAACP in 1910

Question 27

Jane Addams

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the founder of Hull House, which provided English lessons for immigrants, daycares, and child care classes

Question 28

NAACP

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Interracial organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination and to achieve political and civil rights for African Americans.

Question 29

Recall

Answer 29

procedure whereby voters can remove an elected official from office

Question 30

Civil Service Commission

Answer 30

began to award jobs based on the results of an exam. By 1900, it controlled about 40% of all federal jobs. Jobs by merit or ability.

Question 31

ICC

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Interstate Commerce Commission, created to regulate the railroad industry.

Question 32

Trustbuster

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a person working to destroy monopolies and trusts

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Workmen’s Compensation Act

Answer 33

created accident and injury protection for federal workers

Question 34

minimum wage

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a minimum price that an employer can pay a worker for an hour of labor

Question 35

Sherman Anti-Trust

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First federal action against monopolies, it was signed into law and was extensively used by Theodore Roosevelt for trust-busting.

Question 36

Clayton Antitrust Act

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1914 law that strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act

Question 37

Federal Trade Commission

Answer 37

a federal agency established in 1914 to investigate and stop unfair business practices

Question 38

Patronage

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Granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support

Question 39

income tax

Answer 39

Tax paid to the state, federal, and local governments based on income earned over the past year.

Question 40

Teddy Roosevelt

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26th President, from 1901-1909, passed two acts that purified meat, took over in 1901 when McKinley was shot, Went after trusts, formed the “Bull Moose Party”

Question 41

William Howard Taft

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27th president of the U.S.; he lost Roosevelt’s support and was defeated for a second term.

Question 42

Woodrow Wilson

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28th president of the United States. Won the election of 1912 against Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft

Question 43

Boss Tweed

Answer 43

A political boss who carried corruption to new extremes, and cheated the city out of more than $100 million