WA History Chapter 4

Question 1

Blacklist

Answer 1

To put a person on a list of people viewed with suspicion or disapproval

Question 2

Capitalism

Answer 2

An economic or political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state

Question 3

Reformer

Answer 3

A person who seeks to address social, economic, and/or political problems by bringing about positive change

Question 4

Sabotage

Answer 4

The deliberate destruction of something often for political advantage

Question 5

Repeal

Answer 5

To revoke, cancel or take back something

Question 6

Alliance

Answer 6

A union between peoples, groups, or countries for a mutual benefit

Question 7

Hydropower

Answer 7

To use of water as a source of power

Question 8

Interest

Answer 8

Money paid at a particular rate for the use of money lent

Question 9

Intolerance

Answer 9

Unwillingness to accept ones view of beliefs that differ from one’s own

Question 10

What does the word gilded mean

Answer 10

Gilded means covered thinly with gold

Question 11

When political machines weren’t serving the public what did they do

Answer 11

They were motivated by money

Question 12

What is something that political machines did for good

Answer 12

They helped people find housing and jobs

Question 13

What is the spoils system

Answer 13

The practice of giving a loyal supporter, a government job

Question 14

What sort of gap occurred during the Gilded Age

Answer 14

A gap that separated the class of wealthy people from the poor people

Question 15

What happened in the late 1800s in the United States to businesses and banks

Answer 15

Businesses and banks began to lose money, which cause many people to lose jobs as well

Question 16

What three things did the people of the progressive movement want

Answer 16

1) End corruption 2) Address economic problems 3) Improve society

Question 17

Name one amendment and the main idea of it

Answer 17

Amendment 16, the main idea of it was income tax

Question 18

What is prohibition

Answer 18

Prohibition is banning the sale of alcohol

Question 19

What group formed in Seattle to keep the government to serve the people rather than the political machines

Answer 19

Municipal League

Question 20

What is the Zimmerman Telegram

Answer 20

The Zimmerman Telegram was a telegram sent from Arthur Zimmerman from Germany who was the secretary of the state they intended to send it to the Ambassador of Mexico to make an alliance.

Question 21

Anna Strong

Answer 21

Anna was a journalist who worked to help Labor Unions, to allow people to see both sides of the story

Question 22

Adolf Krug

Answer 22

He was a Seattle Treasurer, who stole $125,000 in city funds

Question 23

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 23

President Woodrow Wilson, was a president who declared that the U.S be neutral within World War I

Question 24

Horace Clayton

Answer 24

Horace was a reformer and politician, who mainly helped, and supported political reform, and racial equality

Question 25

Elizabeth Gurly Flynn

Answer 25

Elizabeth Gurly Flynn was a popular women’s right speaker

Question 26

John Rogers

Answer 26

John Rogers was a leading reformer in Washington, and was twice elected Governor of Washington

Question 27

May Arkwright Hutton

Answer 27

May was a powerful, and inspirational campaigner, for Women’s Suffrage, and she was a leader in the Pacific Northwest’s Suffrage Movement

Question 28

Bill Boeing

Answer 28

Bill was the CEO, and creator of the Boeing company, and the Boeing Company mainly created airplanes for the government.

Question 29

What is solidarity

Answer 29

Solidarity is the unity, agreement, or fellowship between members of a class, or just people in general

Question 30

What was the Sedition Acts

Answer 30

The Sedition Act was the act of 1918, that made it illegal for anyone to say anything disloyal, or abusive about the government

Question 31

What was the Great Migration

Answer 31

The Great Migration was the movement that caused most African American people to move from the south to northern cities.

Question 32

What was purchasing on credit

Answer 32

Credit was taking out money specifically from a bank, and credit added interest if you didn’t pay on time

Question 33

Grand Coulee Dam

Answer 33

The Grand Coulee Dam, was a dam that was built between 1933, and 1948, and it was made specifically so the people could use hydroelectric power

Question 34

What were the reforms

Answer 34

The reforms were many things including labor unions, going on strike, and allowing for equality between the class of poor, and the class of rich.

Question 35

What was the purpose of the Progressive Movement

Answer 35

The Progressive Movement was a turn in events of the political, and social reform, and stopping corruption of the political machines

Question 36

Companies worst that came to controlling business

Answer 36

Companies could not control the strikes that occurred, and how the economy’s balance shifted during strikes, and wars