Progressivism

2. stated that federal land could be issued if and only if it is irrigated and settled
4. acquired fame by investigating and exposing companies
5. written by David G. Phillips, this series put corrupt senators in the spotlight
9. decision of the supreme court that upheld Roosevelt's antitrust suits and ordered these companies to dissolve
13. a reporter that shocked upper classes with his accounts of New York slums
15. allowed voters to remove faithless elected officials
17. the New York City tragedy that occurred when the fire codes were violated
18. the new cabinet body born after the Department of Commerce and Labor, authorized to probe business engaged in interstate commerce

1. despite doing very little to truly lower taxes, Taft signed this, stating it was "the best bill that the Republican Party ever past"
3. was exposed in a "Frenzied Finance" for grossly profiting off of the stock market
6. an attempt to prevent adulteration and mislabeling of food as well as pharmaceuticals
7. first chief factory inspector and a big advocate for the improvement of factory conditions
8. incited violence in Brownsville Texas, which served to enrage African Americans
10. "aimed for the nation's heart but hit its stomach"
11. president during the beginning of the progressive era
12. invalidated ten hour bakery shifts previously established in New York Law
14. nickname given to President Roosevelt by critics after the panic of 1907
16. a device that placed laws on the ballot