GED Social Studies Progressive Era Vocab Quiz #2

What is a labor union?

A bank focused on labor

An organization of workers in a trade or profession that can stand up for their rights and interests

A group of laborers building a credit union or bank

An organization of workers that forms a group

"Trust-Busting" can be defined as:

Efforts to eliminate monopolies or corporate trusts

Businessmen who are against lying in business deals

Efforts to create and build monopolies and trusts

A monopoly can be defined as:

A board game that focuses on real estate

A group of sheep

A company that dominates an entire industry to the point where it excludes competition

The person who has all the answers

What did the 16th (XVI) Amendment focus on?

It abolished slavery

It broke apart monopolies and business trusts

It established taxes for businesses

It established Income Tax, a percent of a worker's wage owed to the government

What did the 17th (XVII) Amendment do?

Gave women the vote

Gave Black men the vote

Established the direct election of Senators which allowed people to vote for their Representatives

1913 saw what department form?

The IRS (Internal Revenue Service)

The Department of the Interior

The Department of Labor

The Bureau of Land Management

Upton Sinclair wrote a book about the corruption and lack of safety in the meatpacking industry. What was it called?

The Urban Jungle

The Jungle

How to Get Botulism from Your Butcher

Regulations for the Meatpacking Industry

What Amendment to the US Constitution gave women the right to vote?

The 19th Amendment

The 20th Amendment

The 18th Amendment

The 16th Amendment

What were the women called who fought for a woman's right to vote?

The Everyday Woman

Suffragettes

Female Activists

Feminists

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