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Who were the muckrakers?

The name for writers and journalists who exposed the problems in society in the Progressive Era.

What was the term for young women who pushed the boundaries of style and sexuality in 1920s America?

Flappers

Which country did Commodore Matthew Perry force open to trade with the U.S.?

Japan

He is the leader of the communist Bolshevik revolution in Russia in 1917.

Lenin

This U.S. President used his wife to be his “eyes and ears” because he was stricken with polio.

FDR

The Boxer Rebellion was launched in this country to counter American and European imperialism?

China

What doctrine was created in the court case Plessy v. Ferguson?

Separate but Equal

What was Reconstruction?

The time period during which the South was rebuilt and restructured by the federal government following the Civil War.

Who pushed for the passage of the Prohibition Amendment (#18)?

Women’s Temperance Unions

FDR’s use of the power of the radio to communicate his New Deal agenda to the American people was called?

Fireside Chats

What is the term for a company that completely dominates a given market area (it has no competition)?

Monopoly

In this model of settling labor disputes, a third party is brought in who draws up a fair contract between the employer and the employee

Arbitration

In a wartime economy, who directs what industry produces?

Government

Why should one never run a balance on their credit cards?

Because of the effect of the interest rate

If the Federal Reserve says that a bank must set aside 20% of its deposits to satisfy withdrawals, what is this called?

Reserve requirement

This federal agency insures depositors’ accounts up to $100,000

FDIC

This federal program provides a pension for people over age 65 and for needy children

Social Security

The Tuskeegee Institute was established for black vocational training by this man

Booker T. Washington

What was the goal of the Women’s Suffrage Movement?

To gain women the right to vote.

What was the point of the U.S. Open Door Policy?

That the U.S. did not need a “sphere of influence” in China – it was free to trade in any region of China

This music of the 1920s has black roots and is largely improvised

Jazz

This is an economic measurement that gauges the amount of goods produced in a given time period.

Productivity

Why did Mass Entertainment arise during the 1920s?

Because of the radio and the cinema

What was the term for shantytowns erected by unemployed Americans during the 1930s?

Hoovervilles

In order to save his New Deal Programs, what federal entity did FDR seek to manipulate at the end of the 1930s?

The Supreme Court