Chapter 6 Test Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Who headed the Democratic political machine in New York City during the 1860's and 1870's? | Boss Tweed |
| Who governed nearly 400 cities by 1917? | commissioners |
| President ______________________ was assassinated by an unsuccessful job seeker. | Garfield |
| The railroad industry was considered an _______________ because there were only a few companies controlling the prices of the entire industry. | oligopoly |
| What are muckrakers? | Journalists that brought the corruption underlying society to the surface. |
| Who controlled many local governments by the 1800's? | political machines |
| Which of the following required railroads to charge 'reasonable and just' rates? | Interstate Commerce Act |
| _______________________supported the government efforts to regulate industry. | Progressives |
| Whose book led Congress to pass the Meat Inspection Act? | Upton Sinclair |
| Who introduced the direct primary election? | Robert La Foilette |
| What type of women fought in the war? | suffragists |
| Who founded the National Woman's Party? | Alice Paul |
| ___________________ is the passing of laws to prohibit the making or selling of alcohol in the US. | Prohibition |
| What is the term for 'up to date' women who pursued interests outside of the home at the turn of the 20th century? | New Woman |
| What organization did Elizabeth Cady Stanton help found in 1869? | National Association of Women's Suffrage |
| __________ __________ worked with disadvantaged people and became a pioneer in the field of social work. | Jane Addams |
| What amendment gave women the right to vote? | Nineteenth Amendment |
| Who was the youngest president? | Theodore Roosevelt |
| __________ _______________ favored big business. | William McKinley |
| What did President Roosevelt want to do with trusts? | regulate |
| The _______________ industry's companies and union were forced into arbitration by President Roosevelt. | mining |
| Which amendment gave Congress the power to tax people's income? | Sixteenth Amendment |
| Who won the 1912 presidential election? | Woodrow Wilson |
| The _______________ _______________ ____________ regulated banking. | Federal Reserve Act |
| Mutualists provided legal and insurance help to _____________ Americans. | Mexican |
| __________________ immigrants often faced prejudice or anti-Semitic attitudes. | Jewish |
| In the Plessy vs. Ferguson case, the _______________ _________ legalized segregation. | Supreme Court |
| Who founded the National Negro Business League? | Booker T Washington |
| _________ __ __________ was a journalist who started a national effort to stop lynching. | Ida B Wells |
| Which group feared that the increase in Catholic immigrants threatened the American way of life? | American Protective Association |
| _____________________ is unequal treatment based on race, religion, ethnic background, or place of birth. | Discrimination |
| A __________________ is a type of Mexican neighborhood that mutualistas worked to address overcrowding and poor public services. | barrio |
| __ ______________ ______________ was one of the founding members of the Society of American Indians. | Dr. Carlos Montezuma |
| Separation of one group from another is called ____________. | segregation |
| ______________________ is the process of resolving disputes between people or groups by agreeing to accept the decision of a neutral party. | Arbitration |
| A _____________________ is a government official who investigates and combats business alliances formed to control competition and prices. | trustbuster |
| An __________________ is the right of voters to place an issue on the ballot in a state election. | initiative |
| The right of voters to accept or reject laws is called a ____________________. | referendum |
| What is right of voters to remove incompetent elected officials from office? | recall |
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