FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT HIST CH 8

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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT HIST CH 8

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-Guarantee passing score -52 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: What did Progressives believe about the role of technology in society?

Answer:

Progressives believed that technology had been used to positively impact society in the past (EX: lightbulbs) and it could be used to help improve the situation surrounding urban social problems.Question 2: List two (2) reasons why women began to lobby to try to be granted the right to vote in the early 1900's.

Answer:

1.) Middle class women wanted the right to vote to promote reforms they favored; 2.) Working class women wanted to pass labor laws protecting women.

Question 3: Who was Alice Paul?

Answer:

She was a member of the NAWSA who left that organization to create the National Woman's Party.

Question 4: What does the term "guerrillas" mean/ refer to?

Answer:

This term refers to "an armed band that uses surprise attacks and sabotage rather than open warfare".

Question 5: What did the Hepburn Act do/ provide for?

Answer:

This law strengthened the Interstate Commerce Act so it would regulate railroad rates.

Question 6: What does the term "sphere of influence" mean/ refer to?

Answer:

This term refers to "an area where a foreign nation controlled economic development such as railroad construction and mining".

Question 7: What was the "Children's Bureau"?

Answer:

This was the name of the agency established by President Taft that investigated and publicized the problems of child labor.

Question 8: Who was Queen Liliuokaliani?

Answer:

She was the last Hawaiian monarch.

Question 9: What does the term "initiative" mean/ refer to?

Answer:

This term refers to "a law the permitted a group of citizens to introduce legislation and required the legislature to vote on it".

Question 10: What did the "Roosevelt Corollary" do/state?

Answer:

This document stated that "the United States would intervene in Latin American affairs when necessary to maintain economic and political stability in the Western Hemisphere".

Question 11: What does the term "prohibition" mean/refer to?

Answer:

This term refers to "laws banning the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol."

Question 12: What does the term "Manifest Destiny" mean/ refer to?

Answer:

This term refers to the idea that the United States was destined by God to extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts of North America.

Question 13: What does the term "direct primary" mean/ refer to?

Answer:

This term refers to a system in which all party members could vote for a candidate to run in the general election.

Question 14: Who was Carrie Chapman Catt?

Answer:

She took over as the leader of the NAWSA in 1915.

Question 15: What does the term "autonomy" mean/ refer to?

Answer:

This term refers to "the right to (a country's) own government".

Question 16: What does the term "arbitration" mean/ refer to?

Answer:

This term refers to "a settlement negotiated by an outside party".

Question 17: What does the term "referendum" mean/ refer to?

Answer:

This term refers to "a law that permits a group of citizens to vote on proposed laws directly without going to the legislature".

Question 18: Who was Joseph Pulitzer?

Answer:

he was the owner of the New York World in the late 1800's.

Question 19: What did the Underwood Tariff of 1913 do/ provide for?

Answer:

This law instituted a "graduated income tax" system in the United States and lowered tax rates overall.

Question 20: What did the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty do/establish?

Answer:

This document gave the United States the exclusive right to build any proposed canal through Central America.

Question 21: What does the term "suffrage" mean/ refer to?

Answer:

This term means "right to vote".

Question 22: What does the term "prohibition" mean/ refer to?

Answer:

This term refers to "laws banning the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol in the United States".

Question 23: What does the term "Square Deal" mean/ refer to?

Answer:

This term refers to President Roosevelt's program of Progressive reforms.

Question 24: What was the "Foraker Act"?

Answer:

This was a law passed in 1900 that "established a civil government for Puerto Rico".

Question 25: What does the term "imperialism" mean/ refer to?

Answer:

This term refers to "the economic and political domination of a strong nation over weaker ones".

Question 26: Who was William Randolph Hearst?

Answer:

He was the owner of the New York Journal newspaper in the late 1800's.

Question 27: What does the term "protectorate" mean/ refer to?

Answer:

This term refers to situations in which "the imperial power allowed the local rulers to stay in control and protected them against rebellions and invasion".Question 28: Explain how a "council manager system" works where city government is concerned.

Answer:

City council hires a city manager to run the city instead of a mayor.