Am.History Ch.17 worksheets
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the campaign to promote the practice of never drinking alcohol
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temperance movement
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formed the Women's Trade Union League to push for laws that would benefit women working in factories
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Florence Kelley
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identified products made under healthful working conditions and encouraged women to buy these products
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NCL
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the right to vote
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suffrage
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founded the National Women's Party, which used public protest marches to demand the right to vote
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Alice Paul
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stated that the right to vote \"shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex\"
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19th Amendment
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Which reform did the Nineteenth Amendment enact?
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women's suffrage
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The NWP and the NAWSA primarily differed in their:
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strategies
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The 1903 Muller vs. Oregon decision upheld:
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limited work hours for women
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belief that assimilating immigrants into Am. society would make them logical citizens
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Americanization
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believed blacks should move slowly toward racial progres
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Booker T. Washington
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believed blacks should immediately demand all rights guaranteed by the constitution
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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group of African Americans that pushed for immediate racial reforms
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Niagara Movement
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network churches and clubs that set up employment agencies and relief efforts for African Americans
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Urban League
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group of Mexican Americans tat make loans and provide legal assistance to other members of their community
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mutualistas
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Which woman founded the National Association of Colored Women to help African American families and those who were less fortunate?
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Ida B. Wells
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W.E.B. Du Bois was an outspoken critic of:
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Brooker T. Washington
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Which event led to the formation of the NAACP?
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the 1908 Springfield riot
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Which group formed the Anti-Defamation League to defend itself against verbal attacks and false statements?
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Jewish Americans
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A 1913 California law forced Japanese Americans to:
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sell their land
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T/F: Theodore Roosevelt became President of the US when William McKinley was assassinated.
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True
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T/F: President Theodore Roosevelt promoted a program called the Square Deal to protect the interests of small business owners and the poor.
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True
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T/F: The Pure Food and Drug Act required federal inspection of meat-processing plants.
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False; Meat Inspection Act
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T/F: The work of naturalist John Muir led Congress to establish Yosemite National Park in 1890.
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True
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T/F: In the 1912 presidential election, Theodore Roosevelt ran as the candidate of the New Nationalism Party.
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False; Progressive Party
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T/F: The Hepburn Act gave the government the authority to set and limit shipping costs.
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True
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Theodore Roosevelt supported powerful corporations that:
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did business fairly
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The concept of \"rational use\" suggested that:
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forests be preserved for public use
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The National Reclamation Act directly affected the management of which natural resource?
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water
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Under President William Howard Taft, the federal government:
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brought lawsuits against many corporations
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set out President Woodrow Wilson's plan for government in the US
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New Freedom
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gave Congress the power to create an income tax
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16th Amendment
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placed national banks under the control of a central authority
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Federal Reserve Act
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spelled out activities in which businesses could not engage
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Clayton Antitrust Act
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established to monitor business practices that might lead to monopoly
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FTC
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sent federal troops to break up the miner's strike in Ludlow
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Woodrow Wilson
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Which party did Woodrow Wilson represent in the 1912 presidential election?
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Democratic Party
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Wilson tried to protect workers by:
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lowering import tariffs
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Why did the US banking system need to be reformed in the early 1900s?
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The nation had no central authority to supervise banks.
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President Wilson pushed for the passage of the Adamson Act to:
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prevent a nationwide railroad strike
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________, such as Upton Sinclair, reported on the hazardous conditions in factories and cities during the Progressive Era.
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muckrakers
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A(n) ________ is an election in which citizens vote to select nominees for upcoming elections.
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Direct Primary
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The ________ blended ideas from German socialism and American Progressive into a plan for building a better society.
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Social Gospel
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In=n the late 1800s, ________ photographed tenement buildings in which the urban poor lived.
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Jacob Riis
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The ______ allowed citizens to approve or reject laws passed by a legislature.
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referendum
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_________ was a leading figure in the settlement house movement.
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Jane Addams
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What social problem did Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle describe?
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the living and working conditions in Chicago's stockyards
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Which reform resulted from the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
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workers' compensation laws
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Many progressive reformers targeted city officials who built corrupt organizations called:
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political machines
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Industrial workers often labored:
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with unsafe machinery
