History Chapter 10 Questions

Which event led to the formation of the NAACP?

1908 Springfield riot

W.E.B. Du Bois was an outspoken critic of

Booker T Washington

Which woman founded the National Association of Colored Women to help African American families and those who were less fortunate?

Ida B Wells

which group formed the Anti-Defamation Leagued to defend itself against verbal attacks and false statements?

Jewish American's

Which party did Woodrow Wilson represent in the 1912 presidential election?

The Democratic Party

Why did the United States banking system need to be reformed in the early 1900's?

The nation had no central authority to supervise banks.

Under President William Howard Taft, the federal government

brought lawsuits against many corporations.

Theodore Roosevelt supported powerful corporations that

did business fairly.

the concept of :rational use" suggested that

forests be preserved for public use.

The 1903 Muller V Oregon decision upheld

limited work hours for women

Wilson tried to protect workers by

lowering import tariffs.

Many Progressive reformers targeted city officials who built corrupt organizations called

political machines.

President Wilson pushed for the passage of the Adamson Act to

prevent a nationwide railroad strike.

A 1913 California law forced Japanese Americans to

sell their land.

The NWP and the NAWSA primarily differed in their

strategies

What social problem did Upton Sinclair's novel the Jungle describe?

the living and working conditions in Chicago's stockyards.

Industrial workers often labored

with unsafe machinery.

which reform did the Nineteenth Amendment enact?

women's suffrage.

Which reform resulted from the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?

workers' compensation laws

The National Reclamation Act directly affected the management of which natural resource?

water