Election Reform
Amendment used to directly elect Senators
17th Amendment
She was a muckraker that shed light on the unfair practices of the oil trusts
Who was Ida Tarbell
Introduced a federal income tax
16th Amendment
Three p\Presidents that took action for economic change
Who were Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson
Sherman Antitrust Act
What was gov'ts attempt to preserve competition
Initiative, Referendum and Recall were used to increase
Citizen participation in government
The Jungle
Who was Upton Sinclair
What role did progressive want the government to have with regard to big business?
Regulate it.
Trustbuster
Who was Roosevelt
The fact that Gov't should regulate big business
What was a progressive idea
What provides that the state legislature must consider passing a law if a certain percentage of voters sign a petition in its favor
Initiative
Who exposed the unfair social and economic problems in the early 1900's
Who were Muckrakers
The system created during Wilson's presidency to regulate the money supply.
Federal Reserve System
Federal gov't should protect nation's natural resources
Who was Roosevelt
What led to the Pure Food and Drug Act
What was gov'ts response to The Jungle
What was it called when they Required a law or constitutional amendment passed by a state legislature be submitted to voters for their approval.
Referendum
What led to Gov't intervention regarding social and economic issues in the early 1900's
response to Muckrakers
Womens' movement to limit/eliminate alcohol production/consumption
Temperance
Federal Reserve Act
What was the Gov'ts attempt to regulate the money supply in the U.S.
What was the Federal Reserve System
What person led Progressivism at the state level -
– Initiative, referendum, and recall
– Direct primaries
– Child Labor laws
Robert LaFollette
Book on the meat packing industry
What was the Jungle
What suffrage is
What is the right to vote
Won more anti-trust cases than Roosevelt
Who was Taft
Drunk husbands led to what
What led women to support prohibition