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The belief that common people, not the wealthy, should control their government.
What is "populism?"
A 1906 law that sought to ensure the purity and safety of meat.
What is the "Meat Inspection Act?"
The 1913 law that established the Federal Reserve Board that oversaw 12 reserve banks; the banks would control the nation’s flow of money.
What is the "Federal Reserve Act?"
Work aimed at improving the lives of others.
What is "social work?"
A social movement that believes in equality for all people and calls for people and the government to work together to bring about social change
What is "progressivism?"
A movement to promote the protection of natural resources and wildlife.
What is the "conservation movement?"
A system in which workers stand in place as work passes from operation to operation in a direct line until a product is assembled.
What is an "assembly line?"
A governmental system in which a stronger nation controls weaker nations or territories.
What is "imperialism?"
A process by which regular citizens propose a law and require that fellow citizens vote on it.
What is "initiative?"
A tax on the income of an individual.
What is "Income Tax?"
A person who tries to persuade lawmakers to support particular laws and political ideas.
What is a "lobbyist?"
The late 19th century and early 20th century policy calling for equal trading privileges for all nations with economic interests in China.
What is "open door policy?"
A federal statute passed to prohibit monopolies.
What is "Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890?"
Unclear language that allows people to get around laws and avoid obeying them.
What are "loopholes?"
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution banning the production, sale, importation, and transportation of liquor in the United States.
What is "Prohibition?"
A person who supports and fights for the right to vote, particularly a woman’s right to vote.
What is a "suffragist?"
Self-rule.
What is "autonomy?"
A 1906 law that empowered the federal government to protect the quality, purity, and safety of foods and drugs.
What is the "Pure Food and Drug Act?"
A 1914 law that described the illegality of trusts’ unlawful business practices and closed the loopholes they used.
What is the "Clayton Antitrust Act?"