Vocab
Type of monetary system in which money is worth a specific amount in gold
What is Gold Standard
Which of the following was the first feature length film?
What is Birth of a Nation
Upton Sinclair’s book “The Jungle” discussed the corruption in which of the following areas?
What is the meatpacking industry
This act forced companies to list the contents of their product on the outside of the can
Pure Food & Drug Act
Amendment giving women the right to vote.
What is 19th Amendment
Name for a time period reflecting the belief that politics hid behind glittering gold surfaces
What is Gilded Age
wrote of social problems throughout the U.S.
He felt trusts that worked outside the law should be brought to justice
Who is T. Roosevelt
President Wilson would reverse the government policies of high tariffs by pushing through the
What is Underwood Tariff
Amendment allowing for the direct election of senators.
What is 17th Amendment
Procedure enabling voters to remove an official from office by calling for a special election
The movement pushed for legislation to clean up the political machines in city/state gov’t
What are Progressive Movement
T. Roosevelt used his power (office) to end a strike in which of the following areas?
Which of the following was assassinated at the Pan-American Expo?
Who is William McKinley
Laws that prohibited monopolies and trusts that restrained trade.
What is Sherman Anti-trust Act
The only President to have two nonconsecutive terms
Who is Grover Cleveland
The new wave of immigrants coming into the U.S. after 1880 came from which region?
Eastern & Southern Europe
His presidency was remembered more for its failures than successes
Who is William Taft
Which of the following presidents would be nicknamed the “trustbuster”?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt
The original name for the Populist Party that formed out of St. Louis.
What is People’s Party
Amendment allowing Congress to levy a federal income tax.
What is 16th Amendment
The “Square Deal” was the platform of which president in terms of his domestic policies?
Who is T. Roosevelt
The Federal Reserve Act gave the national government control over
Who was the most well known political machine party boss?
Who is William Marcy Tweed
Procedure allowing citizens to force the legislature to place a recently passed law on the ballot for public approval.
What is Referendum