Quiz 2 Deck Flashcards
(38 cards)
Graduated income tax is define as what?
Taxes on income that rise as a person’s income increases
Two Benefits of the Federal Reserve System are?
Helps stabilize the economy / helps prevents panics
Who worked to make factories safer and more efficient?
Frank Gilbereth
What amendment banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol?
The 18th Amendment
What laws segregated blacks and whites and treated whites better than blacks?
Jim Crow Laws
What system of government promises to distribute wealth equally?
Socialism
What amendment legalized income tax?
The 16th Amendmen
What is the name of the commission that monitors business and investigates unfair business practices?
Federal Trade Commission
What system helps stabilize the economy and prevent panics?
The Federal Reserve System
The Spanish-American war was fought in what two places?
The Philippines / The Caribbean
Who was the navy officer who arranged a treaty with Japan?
Matthew Perry
What were two derogatory names referring to the United States purchase of Alaska from Russia?
Sewards Folly and Sewards Icebox
Journalism that is sensational and often inaccurate form of reporting - highlights shocking details of crimes and disasters…
Yellow Journalism
An effort to build an empire and establish colonies around the world is called what?
Imperialism
The policy of remaining free from foreign affairs is called what?
Isolationism
What were members of the IWW called?
Wobblies
A group that terrorized blacks was called what?
The Ku Klux Klan
Jim Crow Laws did what?
Separated blacks from whites and treated blacks unfairly.
Socialism promises what?
equal distribution of wealth by the government (government owns businesses)
An economic system based on individuals (not the government) owning a business is called what?
Capitalism
What rebellion was an attempt to rid China of outside influences?
The Boxer Rebellion
Who headed many improvements as the governor of the Philippines?
William Taft
Who was the Secretary of State who issued the Open Door Policy?
John Hay
Who defined his foreign policy as “Speak Softly and carry a big stick?”
Theadore Roosevelt
