Chapter 21
Which of the following was NOT a pull factor drawing immigrants to the United States in the late 1800s? jobs, lack of land, family or freedom
What is lack of land
What does it mean to assimilate?
What is to become part of another culture
What did reformers try to improve in the cities? (think building codes-who were they for?)
what is to improve conditions for the poor
why was baseball popular
what is the demand for leisure activities increased
What new reading habits developed in the late 1800s
what is reading magazines and adventure books
What is the 18th Amendment?
What is made alcohol illegal
Which of the following contributed to the building of skyscrapers? steel, elevator, lack of land or all of the above.
In the spoils system, who did politicians give jobs to?
What is their supporters?
what were features of American politics in the 70s and 80s? control of big business, spoils system or political corruption
what is all of the above
What were tenements like in the late 1800s?
what is small, crowded and filled with disease
what did muckrackers do
what is helped expose corruption
Why did trusts need to be regulated?
corporations that cheated the public or tried to limit competition.
What did Theodore Roosevelt believe about trusts
bad trusts engaged in illegal stuff should be broken up
What author is an example of a realist writer? Jack London, Mark Twain or Upton Sinclair?
Who is Jack London?
what did write who were realists do?
what is showed life as it really was
In 1912 election there was a three-way election between who? Wilson, Roosevelt, and Taft or McKinley, Roosevelt and Wilson
Who are Wilson, Roosevelt and Taft?
Which Progressive Era president set aside land for national parks?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
what did the recall allow voters to do
what is remove an elected official
Why were leaders of the temperance movement mostly women? Men told them to lead or they feared affects of it at home?
What is they feared the affects of alcohol on their families?
why were public parks made in the cities?
what is to give city dwellers a place to enjoy nature?
What is the 19th Amendment?
What is gave women the right to vote?
What is the 17th Amendment?
What is allowed for the direct election of senators
What is the 16th Amendment
What is gave Congress the power to create a federal income tax