Reforming Business and Government

Question 1

What did reformers claim?Check all of the boxes that apply.

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A: The government should regulate businesses.; C: Regulation helps consumers.; E: Monopolies succeed because they have an unfair advantage.

Question 2

What did supporters of laissez-faire claim?Check all of the boxes that apply.

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A: Regulation hurts consumers.; C: The government should not interfere with business practices.; D: Regulations increase costs.

Question 3

Choose the proper word(s) to complete each of the following statements about the Sherman Antitrust Act.1. The act was designed to the power of monopolies and trusts.

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A: limit

Question 4

Read this quotation by G. W. Plunkitt, a Tammany Hall boss and New York senator.What does Plunkitt describe as honest graft?

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C: Using inside knowledge to profit from city construction projects

Question 5

What problems was the Seventeenth Amendment intended to solve? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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B: State legislatures often failing to elect a senator in a timely fashion; D: Senators being chosen by political machines rather than by the people

Question 6

For each of these questions, select the word that best completes each sentence.The legislature wants to amend your state constitution. You might vote against this law in a(n)

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C: referendum

Question 7

2. The act lead to many successful government prosecutions.

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B: did not

Question 8

Which reform(s) did you include in your answer? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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A: It created a civil service.; B: Civil service employees had to be chosen based on merit.; C: Civil service employees had to pass competitive exams to qualify for their jobs.; D: Civil service employees could no longer be fired for political reasons.; E: Civil service employees could not be required to grant political favors.

Question 9

Some citizens oppose the budget cuts made by the new mayor. They could gather signatures to hold a(n) and remove the mayor from office.

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B: recall

Question 10

3. The fact that the act did not define the terms “monopoly” and “trust” the act.

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A: weakened

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