5.2 US History vocabulary

What term refers to the action or process of government having policies overseeing the actions of business?

• Bimetallism

• Regulation

• Tenement

• Muckrakers

What term refers to the practice of voters voting directly on proposed legislation?

• Referendum

• Recall

• Tenement

• Muckrakers

What term refers to a system allowing the unrestricted currency of two metals (e.g., gold and silver) ?

• Bimetallism

• Regulation

• Tenement

• Muckrakers

What was the name of the powerful New York City political organization that played a major role in controlling the city and state governments?

• Political Machines

• Mortage

• Tammany Hall

• Granger Laws

What were the laws enacted in the late 19th century by the United States to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices?

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Munn V Illinois

• Wabash V Illinois

• Muckrakers

What was the name of the 1877 Supreme Court case in which the court upheld the power of government to regulate private industries?

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Munn V Illinois

• Wabash V Illinois

• Muckrakers

What was the name of the 1886 Supreme Court case that limited the rights of states to control interstate commerce?

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Munn V Illinois

• Wabash V Illinois

• Muckrakers

Which term refers to the political movement that aimed to address social and economic problems caused by industrialization?

• Populism

• Progressivism

• Square deal

• Inflation

What term is used to describe the political movement that sought to represent farmers and industrial laborers?

• Populism

• Progressivism

• Square deal

• Inflation

What was the name of Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program that aimed to protect the common people against big business?

• Populism

• Progressivism

• Square deal

• Inflation