Elections
Acts and Laws
Societal Changes
Historical Events
Business Terms
100
A method of nominating candidates for office
What is direct primary?
100
First Federal Law to prohibit monopolies and trusts
What was the Sherman Antitrust Act?
100
The act of helping others through charitable acts, donations or other good works
What is philanthropy?
100
The period in history when the sale of liquor was illegal
What is prohibition?
100
Protect inventor rights.
What is a patent?
200
The process of allowing citizens to propose new laws
What is initiative?
200
Led to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
200
A time of great wealth on the surface but social problems underneath
What was the Gilded Age?
200
Women who fought for the right to vote
(Patricia's grandmother was one....)
Who is a suffragist?
200
A legal entity that is separate from its owners and can operate as a business. Most importantly, the business owner can't be sued.
What is a corporation?
300
A process allowing citizens to vote on proposed laws
What is referendum?
300
An ambiguity or omission in the law
What is a loophole?
300
A term that originated in the 1920s when media (newspapers, film, radio) created a shared cultural experience
What is mass culture?
300
A policy of extending a country's power through colonization and other means
What is imperialism?
300
A type of economic and political system that is based on the notion for profit.
What is capitalism?
400
Poll watcher
Who is someone who oversees elections?
400
Protected labor unions
What is the Clayton Antitrust Act?
400
A crowded, poorly maintained apartment building
What is a tenement?
400
What is an archipelago?
400
Translated from French literally means
Let Them Do It
What is laissez-faire?
500
A poll watcher needs to be this
What is a registered voter?
500
Created the central banking system
What is the Federal Reserve Act?
500
Provide assistance to community members in need
What is a mutual aid society?
500
The right of self-government
What is autonomy?
500
Periods of ups and downs in economics
What is boom and bust cycle?