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Amendments

Explore the Separation of Powers, Popular Sovereignty, and other reform movements in US history. Learn about key figures like Susan B. Anthony, Ida B. Wells, and the impact of labor unions and Progressive Era amendments.

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Amendments

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  1. Misc. Stuff Amendments Social Issues Principles of Government Economic Growth Reformers 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 25 25 25 25 25 25

  2. The principle that each branch of government had its own responsibilities & limitations

  3. What is Separation of Powers?

  4. The belief that the authority for government flows from the people to their representatives

  5. What is Popular Sovereignty?

  6. The idea that each branch of government exercises some control over the others

  7. What is Checks & Balances?

  8. The belief that power should be divided between the national & state governments to limit central power

  9. What is Federalism?

  10. The idea that voters hold the power, but that they elect representatives to exercise that power for them

  11. What is Republicanism?

  12. Monopolies, pools & trusts were formed in the late 1800s in an attempt to DECREASE this

  13. What is competition?

  14. Low wages & a decline in working conditions led to the formation of these

  15. What are labor unions?

  16. During the late 1800s & early 1900s, most US immigrants came from what 2 countries

  17. Where are Italy & Ireland?

  18. New factory job openings & a decrease in the need for farm workers led to an increase in this trend

  19. What is Urbanization?

  20. Farmers during the Populist Era complained of the rates being charged by these & wanted the US government to regulate them

  21. What were Railroads?

  22. She was an organizer & the 1st president of the National Women’s Suffrage Association

  23. Who was Susan B. Anthony?

  24. This was an expression used to describe a corrupt city government known for collecting graft & buying votes

  25. What is a Political Machine?

  26. These 2 immigrant groups faced serious discrimination & played a large role in the building of the Transcontinental Railroad

  27. Who were the Chinese & the Irish?

  28. This turn of the century civil rights leader helped found the NAACP

  29. Who was W.E.B. DuBois?

  30. One Gilded Age problem that contributed to low wages & poor school attendance was the absence of any laws regulating this

  31. What is Child Labor?

  32. This reformer publicized life in the tenements by taking pictures of slum life & publishing them in newspapers

  33. Who was Jacob Riis?

  34. This muckraker’s expose of the meat packing industry eventually led to the Pure Food & Drug Act of 1906

  35. Who is Upton Sinclair?

  36. This reformers work with immigrants included teaching English classes & advocating for higher wages & less child labor

  37. Who is Jane Addams?

  38. Her expose of the Standard Oil Trust was an attempt to destroy Rockefeller & end his business practices

  39. Who is Ida Tarbell?

  40. This American reformer worked to end lynchings as well as advocate for the rights of women & minorities

  41. Who is Ida B. Wells?

  42. This Reconstruction Era amendment defined US Citizenship & sought to ensure equal rights

  43. What is the 14th Amendment?

  44. This power was given to the US government by the 16th Amendment

  45. What is the power to collect income tax?

  46. This amendment made the production, distribution & consumption of alcohol illegal

  47. What is the 18th Amendment?

  48. This gave women the right to vote in national elections

  49. What is the 19th Amendment?

  50. This Progressive Era reform called for the direct election of US Senators

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