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Chapter 13 Review
The Common Good
Question | Answer |
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T/F By 1900, Minnesota women had full voting rights. | FALSE In 1919, MN women were given the right to vote in a presidential election. In 1920, the 19th amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution to give women the right to vote. |
T/F American Indian students were sent to boarding schools, where they had to live away from their families. | TRUE |
T/F New immigrants were forced to participate in the programs at settlement houses. | FALSE. The programs at the settlement houses were optional. Immigrants could choose to participate. |
T/F Unsafe drinking water in cities caused diseases that spread quickly and could infect many people. | TRUE |
T/F African Americans were welcome to work and live wherever they liked in the early 1900s in Minnesota. | FALSE. They were not allowed to purchase homes in certain neighborhoods, and sometimes not hired for jobs because they were black. |
T/F Forest firets in the late 1800s and early 1900s helped lead to conservation. | TRUE |
What is suffrage? | The right to vote |
What is common good? | the belief that people should work for social and political changes that benefit everyone |
What is Progressive Movement? | a movement to solve various social, economic, and political problems through government action |
What is a reformer? | a person who works for changes they believe will improve society |
What is monopoly? | total control over the supply of a product or service in a certain market area |
What is discrimination? | unfair treatment of a person or group based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or ethnic background |
What is allotment? | a share, or portion, of something that is assigned or given |
What is boarding school? | a school at which students live, away from their families |
What is conservation? | planned management of resources |
What was Minnesota's first national forest? | Chippewa National Forest |