Leaders
Progressive Era
Government
Economics
International Affairs
100
This former slave founded the Tuskegee Institute. He believed blacks should pursue blue collar jobs.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
100
A refusal to work.
What is a strike?
100
The group of people who elect the president.
What is the electoral college?
100
One of the things you should consider when choosing a career.
What is job satisfaction, education, wages/salary, job availabilty?
100
A physical location where an ambassador lives and works.
What is an embassy?
200
This black leader earned a Ph. D. from Harvard and argued blacks would be selling out if they didn't purue jobs in white collar fields.
Who is W.E.B. Dubois?
200
This book exposed working conditions and dangerous food quality in Chicago's meat processing plants.
What is The Jungle?
200
Give an example of a civic duty or responsibility.
What is vote? Also seleictive service, obey the law, etc
200
When people respond to a change in price, a product is said to be ________________.
What is elastic?
200
This is when a country does not want to be involved in world matters militarily, politically, or economically.
What is isolationism?
300
This president is associated with the Watergate Scandal. He was the only president to resign.
Who is Richard Nixon?
300
Organizations of workers who put pressure on employers in an industry in order to improve working conditions and wages.
What is a labor union?
300
The head of the executive branch of the state.
What is the governor?
300
An example of a product that has inelastic demand.
What is medicine?
300
This country is known for its neutrality.
What is Switzerland?
400
This modern democratic president was impeached. He was a Democrat.
What is Bill Clinton?
400
This was a president during the progressive era. He was know for his conservation efforts, and he set aside lands for parks.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
400
When a president rejects a law, it is called a ____.
What is a veto?
400
A type of tax that we pay.
What is income tax, sales tax, property tax, sin tax?
400
A policy in which a nation refuses to take side in a conflict.
What is neutrality?
500
This modern president was a Republican. He was associated with Star Wars space program and Arms-For-Hostages scandal.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
500
This law was created to protect against monompolies and allowed government to regulate unfair practices in industry.
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Law?
500
Congress is made up of what two houses?
What is the Senate and the House of Representatives?
500
A motivating factor. For example,a sale would be an _______ to buy a product.
What is an incentive?
500
A refusal to trade with another country.
What is an embargo?
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