Legislation
This amendment created a federal income tax.
16th Amendment
This president was considered a 'trust buster' and fought for labor and social reforms.
Theodore Roosevelt
The right to vote
suffrage
This amendment called for the direct election of senators.
17th Amendment
This person wrote The Jungle, which exposed the bad practices of the meatpacking industry.
Upton Sinclair
a journalist, writer, or photographer who exposes corruption, wrongdoing, or scandal in society.
muckraker
This was the first law created to regulate business in the U.S.
Interstate Commerce Act
Wrote about the monopolistic practices of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company
Ida Tarbell
This gave voters the ability to remove an elected official from office in a special election
recall
Prohibited the sale of adulterated, misbranded, or poisonous food and drugs in interstate commerce
The Pure Food and Drug Act
Wrote about the horrors of lynching in the South
Ida B. Wells
This gives voters the right to place an issue or law on the ballot for the people to vote on directly.
Initiative
This act outlawed monopolistic business practices.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This person created the Hull House, a settlement house that helped immigrants assimilate into American society.
Jane Addams
This allows a citizen to reject or accept a law passed by the legislature
Referendum