50 Question Study Sheet

Hi, I have created a 50 question study sheet to help me study for an upcoming exam. This exam will determine if I can get into the college that I choose, and it is vital that I am prepared. I ask you to find the answers to these 50 questions

True or False:

51. The Socialist Party wanted all major industries to be publicly owned

52. By 1901 about half of the states had given women full voting rights

53. President Taft and Wilson both supported racial segregation

54. The "Octopus" depicted the conditions at a meatpacking plant.

55. The term conservation refers to the need to protect the environment

56. Many businesses ignored child labor laws, claiming that they needed cheap child labor in order to make a profit.

57. Although more women attended college, they still could not vote and job choices were very limited.

58. Most progressives worked hard to end racial discimination and prejudice against Africans.

59. Like the Populists, progressives wanted people to have a greater control of government

60. Florence Kelley was known as the "Terror of the Trusts."

61. By 1920, more than half of all Americans lived in cities

62. Progressives were in favor of banning alcohol

63. The 18th amendment was difficult to enforce

64. Progressives believed that the best way to break thw power of political machines was to reform the election process.

65. The average voter was in favor of tax reform and pensions for city employees.

66. President Roosevelt was a "hands-off" president, preferring not to become too closely involved with important issues that might cost him votes.

67. Roosevelt was against business and the wealth that it created for its owners.

68. Women were not involved in the food reform business.

69. President Roosevelt's efforts to balance the needs of business, consumes, and labor was called the Square Deal.

70. One of president Roosevelt's lasting gifts to the United States was more public transportation.

71. One of the first steps leading to the split between President Taft and the Republican progressives was his refusal to veto the Payne-Aldrich Tariff.

72. Because Taft's allies would not seat many of Roosevelt's delegates, Roosevelt lost the 1912 Republican Party's presidential nomination.

73. Roosevelt expanded the power of the presidency by getting involved in the coal strike.

74. The National American Woman Suffrage Association tried to get voting rights for women by changing laws at the state level.

75. Carrie Chapman Catt's leadership led to successes at the state level for women's suffrage.

76. The only season that the Progressive movement was the fact the U.S. entered WWI in 1914.


Matching:

77. Sinclair                                                       A. appointed to court by Wilson
78. Brandeis                                                     B. created NAACP
79. Reis                                                       C. wrote about the conditions in cities
80. Muckraker                                               D. author of the jungle
                                                      E. name given by Roosevelt to certain writers


81. Ballinger                                  A. head of National Park Services
82. Cannon                                   B. move to stop use of alcohol
83. temperance                             C. Secretary of Interior
84. Pinchot                                    D. Leader of voter reform
                                                    E. Speaker of the House


85. direct primary                     A. put a proposed law on ballot for people to decide
86. referendum                         B. created the voting booth for elections
87. recall                                  C. created the hand ballot
88. secret ballot                         D. remove an official and call for a special election
                                                E. people select party candidates to run for office

89. Roosevelt                          A. 1912 Democratic candidate
90. Debs                                 B. 1912 Republican candidate
91. Wilson                                C. 1912 Progressive candidate
92. Taft                                    D. 1912 Socialist Candidate
                                               E. 1912 Communist candidate

93. direct primary                 A. voters approve or reject laws passed by legislators
94. referendum                     B. voters alone in a booth, make selection for offices
95. recall                              C. voters used an open box to vote for officers
96. secret ballot                     D. voters petition the removal of an office holder
                                             E. citizens select party candidates to run for office

97. Jane Addams              A. helped obtain reforms in work for women and children
98. Motherr Jones             B. started women's movement in Seneca Falls, New York
99. Lucretia Mott               C. organized workers into unions
100. Alice Paul                   D. created Hull House in Chicago
                                        E. used violent methods to protest.