chapter 7-8

Question 1

tool used to prevent african americans from voting by charging them money

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poll tax

Question 2

democratic preidential canidate who supported free silver

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William Jennings Bryan

Question 3

lowered tariffs on imported goods and established a graduated income tax

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Underwood Tariff act

Question 4

legislation meant to segregate blacks and whites

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Jim Crow Laws

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an activist who opened the countrys first birth control clinic

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Margaret Singer

Question 6

an african american leader who urged african americans to demand immediate recognition of their rights

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Du Boise

Question 7

theodore roosevelts plan for fair government

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Square Deal

Question 8

legislation that strengthened the sherman trust act

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Clayton Act

Question 9

allowed the government to collect taxes on income earned

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sixteenth amendment

Question 10

provided for the direct election of senators

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seventeenth amendment

Question 11

outlawed the production, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages

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eighteenth amendment

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guarenteed the right to vote regardless of sex

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nineteenth amendment

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created the federal reserve board to oversee banks and manage funds

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federal reserve act

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established the federal trade commission to monitor buisness practices false advertising and dishonest labeling

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federal trade commission act

Question 15

who called for african americans to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps

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Booker T. Washington

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whites accused chinese workers on the west coast of

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stealing white jobs

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Du Boise and Booker T. Washington

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disagreed whether achieveing equality was the burden of the nation or of african americans

Question 18

the chinese exclusion act of 1882

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prevented chinese labor from entering the country

Question 19

unlike african american men women in the late 1800s

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could not vote

Question 20

what did Du Boise view as the key to everything

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voting/sufferage

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which gilded age president was known for his eternity

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Gover Cleveland

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after the civil war farmers debt

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increased as crop prices fell

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in response to the granger movement

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some states set maximum rates for shipping

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The farmers allience did which of the following

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established banks to provide farmers with low interest loans

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which of the following did the populist party suggest would raise crop prices

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coining more silver

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farmers opposed the gold standard because they claimed it would

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cause crop prices to decline

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republicans argued that high tariffs would

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cuase american industry to grow

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to what group of people did populism primarily appeal

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farmers

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the spoils system made political parties more powerful by

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rewarded party workers with government jobs

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in the late 1800s the republican party

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favored high tariffs and gold standard

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in the late 1800s organization among farmers resulted in

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regulation of railroads and elevators

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the populist party

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called for free silver to raise price of crops

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what social problems did Upton Sinclairs novel the jungle describe

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conditions in chicago meatpacking plants

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which form 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 officals who built corrupt organizations called

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machines

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industrial workers often labored

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under poor conditions for long hours

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progressive women reformers worked to

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limit the work day of women

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which women founded the national association of colored women to help africam american families and those who were less fortunate

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Ida B. Wells

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the 1903 Muller v. Oregon decision uphelp

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limited work hours for women

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what was one goal of the americanization movement during the progressive Era

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make immigrants more loyal and moral citizens

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which event led to the formation of the NAACP

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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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For what purpose was the womens Christian temperance union formed

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Ban alcohol

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The efforts of the womens christian temperance union eventually led to which change

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Prohibition, Eighteenth amendment

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which legislation gave the government the authority to set and limit chipping costs

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Hebburn Act

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Theodore Roosevelt supported powerful coprorations that

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did buisness fairly

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Under president William Howard Toft the federal government

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prosecuted more trusts than did theodore roosevelt

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which political party did Woodrow Wilson represent

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Democratic

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whoch political party did Theodore Roosevelt represent

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Bull Moose (Progressive)

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which political party did William Howard Taft represent

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Republic

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Wilson tried to protect workers by

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Lowering Tariff

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what was one way progressives differed from populists

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pregressives were typically middle class city dwellers and populist were mostly farmers

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wilsons new freedom worked to improve

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economical policies

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How did wilson compensate for the reduced government income resulting from his lowering of tariffs

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creating an income tax

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Progressives that promoted americanization efforts

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encouraged immigrants to follow white middle class ways of life

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which of the following describes the urban league

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Focused on helping poor african american workers

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during the 1902 coal miners strike in pennsylvania, President Roosevelt

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threatened to send federal troops to take over the mines