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Local trivia (not on the exam)
100
Which amendment granted women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
100
What Gilded Age problem is depicted by this image?
Corrupt business practices/monopoly power
100
Who was a prominent leader of the suffrage movement?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony...
100
What term describes minimal government interference in the economy?
Laissez-faire
100
What in the longest street in Brooklyn?
Bedford Avenue
200
What lead to the lack of government regulations during the Gilded Age?
Laissez-Faire
200
What social issue does this images illustrate?
Poor tenement conditions
200
Who wrote "The Jungle"?
Upton Sinclair
200
What philosophical/economic approach is illustrated by the quote: "We must allow businesses to compete freely without government intervention. The best will survive."
The concept of Social Darwinism and Laissez Faire economics
200
In early colonial New Amsterdam (what would later become New York City), the Dutch built a wall to keep American Indians out. Where in Manhattan was that wall?
Wall Street
300
What contributed to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act?
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
300
What was one outcome of the women’s suffrage movement?
19th Amendment
300
Who advocated for vocational training for African Americans?
Booker T. Washington
300
A government action to break up monopolies and trusts that control a market.
Trustbusting
300
This Midwood High School alum went on to be a successful movie director and writer, creating such movies as "Annie Hall" and "Crimes and Misdemeanors."
Woody Allen
400
What was the 16th Amendment?
Income tax
400
Which reform addressed food safety?
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
400
Who was the president to advocate for the public's right to a "square deal"?
Theodore Roosevelt
400
How was the power of the federal government change during the Progressive Era?
The power of the federal government grew.
400
Name the British band whose first appearance in America was on the Ed Sullivan show, taped in New York City, on February 9, 1964
The Beatles
500
What act aimed to regulate monopolistic practices?
Sherman Antitrust Act
500
What was the main goal of the labor movement?
Shorter hours, higher pay, better working conditions...
500
Who owned the Standard Oil Company?
John D. Rockefeller
500
What Gilded Age problem is illustrated by this image?
Child labor
500
Name the 1989 movie by Spike Lee that depicted life in Bed-Stuy on one hot day in July and took place mainly in a pizza restaurant.
Do the Right Thing