Question | Answer |
#1. What are the 4 reasons America became wealthy during the Industrialization? | Immigrants, Natural Resources, High Tariffs, Innovation/Invention
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#2. How did Immigrants help America become wealthy? | cheap labor & spent money
| #3. How did Tariffs help America become wealthy? | Made foreign products more expensive
| #4. What brought immigrants to America? | better life, money, jobs in factories
| #5. Where did immigrants from Asia enter the country? | Angel Island, California
| #6. Where did immigrants from Europe enter the country? | Ellis Island, New York
| #7. Why did Populists favor the coinage of silver? | put more money in circulation increasing prices and making it easier to repay debt
| #8. What is the name of a business organization that sells stock in order to raise money? | Corporation
| #9. What is the name of the government policy where the government stays out of business practices? | Laissez-Faire
| #10. Name 1 problem facing farmers during Industrialization? | production was high so prices were low, monopolies on the railroads increased price of railroad use, sharecropping limited farmers' profits
| #11. What does a Monopoly do to the price & quality of a product? | Increase prices decreases quality.
| #12. What progressive reform allows citizens to introduce a new law? | Initiative
| #13. What progressive reform allows citizens to change an existing law? | Referendum
| #14. What progressive reform allows citizens to remove an elected official from office? | Recall election
| #15. What is the name of the progressive reform that allowed voters to chose who will run in the general election? | Direct Primary
| #16. According to the Progressive Movement, what was the key to improving society? | Education
| #17. What Amendment allowed for the direct election of Senators? | 17th Amendment
| #18. Prior to the Progressive Movement, who would choose the state senators? | state legislatures
| #19. What amendment requires citizens to pay an income tax? | 16th
| #20. Who was the democratic candidate to run for President in 1896 on the Populist platform? | William Jennings Bryan. |