Political Concepts Quiz

To add an area to an existing country is known as:

• conservation

• referendum

• annex

• trust busting

A means of removing an elected official from office by popular vote is called:

• recall

• initiative

• commercial

• coup

The government breaking up business trusts or monopolies is known as:

• conservation

• trust busting

• annex

• referendum

A way for a specified number of voters in a state to propose laws by putting them on the ballot is called:

• referendum

• initiative

• conservation

• annex

The submission of a measure or statute by the legislature to the people to vote on is called:

• initiative

• referendum

• annex

• coup

The Panama Canal opened in 1914 and connected the Caribbean Sea with the:

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

The biggest debatable issue for the election of 1898 was:

• free silver

• women's suffrage

• trust busting

• annexation

Socialism believes major industries should be owned by:

• individuals

• corporations

• the government

• foreign investors

The Rough Riders were led by Theodore Roosevelt during the:

• Civil War

• World War I

• Spanish-American War

• Revolutionary War

During the Progressive Era many black Americans were treated unfairly by the ______ laws.

• Jim Crow

• Philippines

• Santiago

• United States