(GA-US History B) Reforming Business and Government - Quiz

Why did the Interstate Commerce Commission have difficulty enforcing reforms?

NOT! B or C

Which reform measure could voters use to approve an amendment to their state constitution?

a referendum

Reform elements such as the recall, the referendum, and the initiative were primarily designed to give power to

voters.

Which of the following best describes how the recall, referendum, and initiative provisions give power to voters?

They give voters power over their laws and government officials.

Why were political machines difficult to break up?

They created a cycle of favors for votes.

Why were so few violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act brought to court?

Court cases cost too much time and money.

Critics thought that many officials appointed by political machines were

unqualified and corrupt.

Women's suffrage in Arizona was granted by which reform measure?

an initiative

The Sherman Antitrust Act was difficult to support in court because its

definition of monopolies was not clear.

Why did a provision of the Interstate Commerce Act require railroads to make their rates public?

so that railroad companies couldn't unfairly charge different rates