New Political Reform and the New
Progressive Era
Please study your Powerpoint slides and class notes!
The format of this exam will be:
 Multiple Choice
 Document Based Questions
 Short Answer Questions
To do well on this exam, you must study:
 Your Power point slides and question sheets
 Your structured class notes
To do well on this exam, you must be able to understand and explain:
 What did Mark Twain’s novel, The Gilded Age poke fun at?
 What was the name of the two political parties during the Gilded
Age?
 What was the spoils system?
 What is the definition of the terms, patronage and corruption?
 Who was the President of the U.S.A. in 1877?
 Who was murdered in 1881?
 Who became the new President after James Garfield’s death?
 What did the Civil Service Commission conduct?
 What is a bribe?
 What did the Interstate Commerce Art forbid?
 What is a rebate?
 Who became President in 1888?
 What did the Sherman Antitrust Act limit?
 What is a monopoly?
 How did Boss Tweed cheat people?
 Define the terms corruption and muckraker.
 What did progressive thinkers believe in?
 Define the term, suffrage.
 What was the Wisconsin Idea?
 What are a primary, recall, and referendum?
 What is a graduated income tax?
 What did the Sixteenth Amendment say?
 Who became the new President after President McKinley was shot?
 What are a trust and a trustbuster?
 What was Roosevelt’s Square Deal?
 What did the novel, The Jungle present to Americans?
 What did the Pure Food and Drug Act require food and drug makers to do?
 What is conservation?
 What is a national park?
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 What is an income tax?
 What did the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 set up?
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What did the Federal Trade Commission have the power to do?
Who was Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Candy Stanton?
What was a suffragist?
Is the Nineteenth Amendment?
Who was the President of the U.S.A. in 1877?
What was child labor?
What was the Temperance Movement?
What is the 18th Amendment?
Extra Help:
 Friday afternoons
Good Luck!
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