APUSH Reading Quiz

Noelle
Name: _________________________________________ Date:
_____________________________________

Teacher

Fill in the blank.

Trust buster /recall /Wager Act/ referendum/ 17th Amendment /TVA /
initiative
Social Security Act / Harlem Renaissance /Red Scare
1. Theodore Roosevelts efforts at challenging monopolies earned
him the nick name _____________________________________".
2. The _____________________________________ was a progressive era
reform that allowed people to vote directly on proposed legislation.
3. The _____________________________________ empowered the people
of a city or state to remove an elected official before his or her term
ended.
4. The _____________________________________ encouraged the
formation of unions. It established the National Labor Relations
Board, to oversee union elections and to arbitrate conflicts between
workers and owners.
5. The _____________________________________ allowed citizens to
introduce a bill to the local or state legislature by petition.
6. The _____________________________________ called for the direct
election of senators. Previously, senators were chosen by state
legislatures.
7. The _____________________________________ built dams, generated
electricity, manufactured fertilizer, provided technical assistance to
farmers, and fostered economic development.
8. The _____________________________________ was a grassroots
movement of ordinary Americans as well as a governmentorchestrated campaign. The movement can be traced to the
successful Bolshevik revolution in Russia that brought the
Communist party to power and led to the establishment of the soviet
Union.

9. The Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to

the urban North contributed to the
_____________________________________, a literary, artistic, and
intellectual movement.
10. The _____________________________________ was designed to help
the unemployed, the elderly, and the disabled. The most important
element was retirement benefits, funded by taxes on workers an
employers, which workers collected after they turned sixty-five.
Answer Key

1. trust buster
2. referendum
3. recall
4. Wagner Act
5. initiative
6. 17th Amendment
7. TVA
8. Red Scare
9. Harlem Renaissance
10. Social Security Act