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SS 8 Midterm Review

SS 8 Midterm Review. Question 1 - 10. What is Progressive Income Tax?. Answer 1 – 10. Tax on income (the money you make). Question 1 - 20. What is “ suffrage ” ?. Answer 1 – 20. Right to vote. Question 1 - 30. What was the goal of women progressives?. Answer 1 – 30. Right to vote.

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SS 8 Midterm Review

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  1. SS 8 Midterm Review

  2. Question 1 - 10 • What is Progressive Income Tax?

  3. Answer 1 – 10 • Tax on income (the money you make)

  4. Question 1 - 20 • What is “suffrage”?

  5. Answer 1 – 20 • Right to vote

  6. Question 1 - 30 • What was the goal of women progressives?

  7. Answer 1 – 30 • Right to vote

  8. Question 1 - 40 • What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?

  9. Answer 1 – 40 • The ban on Chinese immigrants

  10. Question 1 - 50 • What is the Gentleman’s Agreement?

  11. Answer 1 – 50 • Ban on Japanese immigrants

  12. Question 2 - 10 • What did the Plessey vs. Ferguson court case create?

  13. Answer 2 – 10 • “Separate but Equal” – blacks and whites have separate facilities, but equal.

  14. Question 2 - 20 • What is “Melting Pot”?

  15. Answer 2 – 20 • When all different cultures come to America and they are mixed together – makes people “American”.

  16. Question 2 - 30 • What are trusts and monopolies?

  17. Answer 2 – 30 • Get rid of competition so things can be priced higher

  18. Question 2 - 40 • What was the goal of Progressives?

  19. Answer 2 – 40 • They wanted to fix injustices in social (kids working in factories), economic (monopolies), and political (right to vote) areas.

  20. Question 2 - 50 • What was the Roosevelt Corollary?

  21. Answer 2 – 50 • US was policeman of the world

  22. Question 3 - 10 • What was the US feeling towards war at the beginning of WWI?

  23. Answer 3 – 10 • They wanted to be neutral – not involved.

  24. Question 3 - 20 • What effect did the railroads have in the Great Plains?

  25. Answer 3 – 20 • The railroads opened up the Great Plains to more people • They could transport crops/livestock back east

  26. Question 3 - 30 • Who were Jane Adams, Lillian Wald, and Jacob Riis?

  27. Answer 3 – 30 • They were social reformers. • Jane Adams (Hull House) • Lillian Wald (nurse) • Jacob Riis (pictures of slums)

  28. Question 3 - 40 • What is yellow journalism?

  29. Answer 3 – 40 • When journalists publish exaggerated stories of events in newspapers

  30. Question 3 - 50 • Who did the US blame for the sinking of the USS Maine?

  31. Answer 3 – 50 • The US blamed Spain because of yellow journalism reporting that they blew up the USS Maine

  32. Question 4 - 10 • What is imperialism?

  33. Answer 4 – 10 • Bigger country taking over smaller country to form an empire

  34. Question 4 - 20 • What were the Jim Crow laws?

  35. Answer 4 – 20 • Laws against black people – they enforced segregation

  36. Question 4 - 30 • How did Latin America feel towards the US?

  37. Answer 4 – 30 • Latin America did not trust the US

  38. Question 4 - 40 • What is a muckraker?

  39. Answer 4 – 40 • Someone who exposed wrongdoings in society

  40. Question 4 - 50 • Dewey knocking out the Spanish fleet, Cuba and yellow journalism all occurred during which war?

  41. Answer 4 – 50 • Spanish-American War

  42. Question 5 - 10 • Why did countries want to make colonies?

  43. Answer 5 – 10 • New markets for trade

  44. Question 5 - 20 • What do monopolies do to competition?

  45. Answer 5 – 20 • Monopolies eliminate competition so that prices can go high

  46. Question 5 - 30 • Why was the Panama Canal created?

  47. Answer 5 – 30 • It was created to make it easier to trade and could move the Navy faster and easier.

  48. Question 5 - 40 • What was the result of the Spanish-American War?

  49. Answer 5 – 40 • The US gained colonies – Philippines, Cuba, Guantanamo Bay, Guam, and Puerto Rico

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