Question

13.
Choose the best answer.

Wyoming was the first state to grant ___ to women.

property rights

college educations

suffrage

government jobs
14.
Choose the best answer.

The Supreme Court ruling ____ upheld segregation until 1954.

Miranda v. Arizona

Plessy v. Ferguson

Bailey v. Alabama

Weeks v. United States
15.
Choose the best answer.

When declaring war, the United States promised to recognize _______ as an independent nation.

Cuba

the Philippines

Hawaii

Puerto Rico
16.
Check all that apply.

Select the four countries or territories surrendered by the Spanish in the 1898 Treaty of Paris.

Canada

the Philippines

Spain

Cuba

Puerto Rico

Guam
17.
Choose the best answer.

Progressive politician Robert Marion La Follete, Sr. advocated a(n) ___ to select candidates in general elections.

party caucus

straw poll

closed primary

open primary
18.
Choose the best answer.

Which was NOT a goal of the Progressive movement?

reduce size of government

eliminate political corruption

promote equal rights

government responsive to people
19.
Choose the best answer.

______ journalism printed sensational and often untrue information.

Blue

Black

Red

Yellow
20.
Choose the best answer.

The Seventeenth Amendment provided for the direct election of ___.

governors

representatives

senators

Answer 1

13. suffrage

14. Plessy v. Ferguson

15. Cuba

16. the Philippines; Cuba; Puerto Rico; Guam

17. open primary

18. reduce size of government

19. Yellow

20. senators