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This 1906 law required federal inspection of meatpacking plants and set sanitary standards.
What is the Meat Inspection Act?
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Name of the third party that TR ran for in the 1912 election.
This 1913 law created a central banking system, aiming to regulate the economy by controlling the money supply.
What is the Federal Reserve Act?
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Which political party from the 19th century first pushed for the reforms that became the 16th and 17th amendments?
She was the leader of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, advocating for women’s right to vote.
Who is Carrie Chapman Catt?
This 1906 act empowered the government to regulate and ensure the safety of foods and drugs sold to the public.
What is the Food and Drug Act?
This man wrote “The Jungle,” exposing unsanitary practices in the meatpacking industry and helping push for food safety laws.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
This muckraker exposed the corruption in city governments and called for better urban living conditions.
Who is Lincoln Steffens?
This 1919 amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This president took on trusts, pushing for government regulation but not outright destruction of all monopolies.
Who was President Teddy Roosevelt?
Passed in 1890, this act aimed to break up monopolies and prevent anti-competitive business practices.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This 1900 commission focused on conservation, preserving forests, and managing water resources.
What is the National Conservation Commission?
This author’s work focused on revealing corruption in the U.S. Senate, with a particular focus on the influence of corporations.
Who is David Graham Phillips?
This 1920 amendment granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
He was a prominent African American leader who called for higher education and immediate civil rights for Black Americans.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
This 1914 law strengthened antitrust regulations, providing more detail on what constituted unfair business practices.
What is the Clayton Antitrust Act?
This Chicago-based organization was founded by Jane Addams and offered services like daycare, education, and job training to immigrants and the poor.
hat are Settlement Houses? (Example: Hull House)
This social reformer’s photography of tenement life helped bring attention to poverty and living conditions in urban areas.
Who is Jacob Riis?
The 17th Amendment, ratified in 1913, allowed for this type of election of U.S. senators, rather than by state legislatures.
What is the direct election of senators?
This leader of the National Women’s Party advocated for an equal rights amendment and organized protests for women's suffrage.
Who is Alice Paul?
This act, passed in 1902, helped manage western water resources for irrigation and agriculture.
What is the Newlands Reclamation Act?
This law passed in 1902 aimed to regulate railroad rates and gave the Interstate Commerce Commission more authority.
What is the Hepburn Act?
This magazine published investigative pieces, often focusing on political corruption and corporate monopolies.
What is Harper’s Weekly?
This amendment, ratified in 1913, authorized the federal government to collect income taxes.
What is the 16th Amendment?
He was the head of the U.S. Forest Service and a strong advocate for conservation of natural resources.
Who is Gifford Pinchot?