Striving for Equality and Reform

1. organized groups of Mexican Americans that make loans and provide legal assistance to other members of their community
4. granted citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the US
8. Woodrow Wilson's program to place government controls on corporations in order to benefit small businesses
10. organization formed in 1913 to defend Jews against Physical and verbal attacks and false statements
12. organization to abolish segregation and discrimination and to achieve political and civil rights for African Americans
14. 1906 law that empowered the federal government to inspect meat sold across state lines and required federal inspection of meat processing plants
15. President Theodore Roosevelt's program of reforms to keep the wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small business owners and the poor

2. 1913 constitutional amendment that gave Congress the authority to levy income tax
3. control of the money supply by a central authority, including influencing interest rates to promote economic growth and stability
5. 1914 law that strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act
6. promoted vocational education for African American students
7. 1906 law that allowed federal inspection of food and medicine and banned the interstate shipment and sale of impure food and the mislabeling of food and drugs
9. group of African American thinkers founded in 1905 that pushed for immediate racial reforms, particularly in education and voting practices
11. belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens
13. American educator, reformer, and champion of civil rights