Test 2- His 202

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The Morrill Act of 1862

granted states large tracts of land to build agricultural colleges

The Populists wanted the federal government to create warehouses where farmers could store their crops as collateral in exchange for low interest federal loans.

true

Woodrow Wilson created this body of government to prevent anti-competitive business practices like monopolies.

Fair trade commision

This Democrat won the 1912 presidential election.

Woodrow Wilson

Congress created this program in 1887 to ensure that the rates railroads charged farmers and merchants to transport goods were reasonable.

ICC

This Amendment gave the federal government permission to tax citizens' incomes.

16th Amendment

This leader of the Pullman Strike ran for president as a Socialist Party candidate in 1908, garnering six percent of the popular vote.

Eugene V. Debs

Booker T. Washington

Believed blacks should make themselves indispensable to whites by attaining vocational training.

This act was created as a result of President McKinley's assassination by a disgruntled citizen who did not get a federal job due to the spoils system.

Civil Service Act of 1883

This Georgia attorney brought together white and black farmers in support of the Populist Party in the late 19th century.

Tom Watson

Which of these provisions was NOT instituted in southern states to keep poor blacks from the voting polls?

citizenship test

As a result of this war, Cuba gained its independence from Spain.

Spanish American War

This Upton Sinclair book detailed the unsanitary practices in slaughterhouses and the sale of rotten meat which stirred public outrage and led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act of 1906.

The Jungle

During the Gilded Age,

Political bosses ran city governments and embezzled funds

The Model-T, an affordable automobile produced on assembly lines, was created by

Henry Ford

This Amendment states that the popular vote will elect U.S. senators, not state legislators

17th Amendment

Leaders of this organization later founded the People's Party or Populist Party.

Farmers' Alliance

Booker T. Washington encouraged black to push for immediate political rights during the latter part of the 19th century

False

This Amendment granted universal suffrage to women in 1920.

19th Amendment

Who founded the Hull House?

Jane Addams

The majority of immigrants who entered the U.S. in the latter part of the 19th century moved to northern cities where they worked in textile, steel, and other manufacturing industries for low wages.

True

Eugene V. Debs published The Jungle after visiting the slaughterhouses of Chicago in 1905.

False

Which of these was NOT a critical part of the Populists' political platform?

end of slavery in the South

Teddy Roosevelt, Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson are all considered Progressive presidents because the Supreme Court and Congress attacked the power of giant corporations under their leadership.

true

Followers of Victorianism believed

Women were pure vessels who should only use sex for procreation.

Twentieth century journalists' use of photographs and articles to detail the injustices in city factories and industries is termed

muckracking

This future president became famous after his Rough Riders took San Juan Hill during the Spanish American War.

Theodore Roosevelt

This term was used to describe the broad, loosely defined political movement of individuals and groups who hoped to bring about significant changing and American social and political life in the 1900s.

progressivism

During the Temperance Movement,

Women called for the end of alcohol sales and use in the U.S. because alcohol use led to domestic violence.

Despite a loss to William McKinley, the Populists backed this young senator from Nebraska as the 1896 Democratic presidential candidate.

Williams Jennings Bryant