Urbanization in America

Question 1

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

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

Question 2

4. Support from the federal courts would have made the act effective.

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more

Question 3

A group of citizens want to create a new state law. They may decide to collect signatures supporting their .

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initiative

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

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

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weakened

Question 6

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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Using inside knowledge to profit from city construction projects

Question 7

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

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

Question 8

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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referendum

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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recall

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