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- 2. Prohibited the adulteration of foods or the use of poisons as preservatives
- 3. Included under the Interstate Commerce Commission
- 4. Published History of Standard Oil, revealing Rockefeller’s monopoly
- 5. A regulatory agency with powers to investigate corporate activities
- 7. 27th president who continued his predecessor’s policies, but often was at odds with his party
- 10. Strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act by prohibiting companies from purchasing stock from another company
- 12. Journalists, writers, and social scientists who exposed the abuses and corruption of industrial society
- 13. Governor of Wisconsin who broke the power of local political bosses and the influence of railroads over state legislature
- 16. Established government inspections of meat shipped between states
- 20. 26th President who passed the Square Deal and established 50 national parks
- 22. Opened and ran the settlement house Hull House in Chicago
- 25. A name given to the Progressive Party, formed to support Theodore Roosevelt’s candidacy for the presidency in 1912
- 28. The right for women to vote in elections
- 29. Believed that progress was stifled by economic inequality, inadequately regulated monopolistic corporations, and conflict between workers and elites, arguing that corrective measures were needed
- 34. Federal law prohibiting is passed in 1916
- 35. An organized effort to prevent the drinking of alcoholic beverages
- 36. Permits the federal government to collect income taxes on individuals
- 37. Voters could repeal a law already passed by the legislature through a special election
- 39. Dispute between coal miners and mine owners that was settled with help from the federal government
- 40. May Mann Jennings lead efforts in conservation that led to the creation of the National Park in 1947
- 41. Voters marked their ballots in private instead of voting openly
- 42. Dedicated her life to social reform, including labor and racial discrimination
- 43. The banning of the manufacture, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages.
- 44. Represented millions of women in the struggle to achieve voting rights
- 45. Runs the city government more efficiently
- 46. Party members voted in a special election to indicate their preference for their party’s nominees
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- 1. Created the Federal Reserve Commission (1913)
- 6. A direct tax on incomes in which wealthier people are taxed at a higher rate
- 8. Organized a march in Washington D.C. on behalf of women’s suffrage in 1913
- 9. Governor of Florida from 1905 to 1909 who supported prison reform and child labor laws
- 11. Voters could directly introduce bills into the state legislature
- 14. President Theodore Roosevelt’s program of progressive reforms designed to protect the common people against big business
- 15. Prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors” in the United States (1919)
- 17. Granted women the right to vote (1920)
- 18. A 19th-century reform movement based on the belief that Christians have a responsibility to help improve working conditions and alleviate poverty
- 19. Elected officials could be dismissed from office by voters in a special election
- 21. A novel about poverty-stricken immigrants in Chicago that included a description of the harmful practices in the meatpacking industry
- 23. Gives voters the power to directly elect their Senators (1913)
- 24. Co-founded National Woman Suffrage Association
- 26. 28th president that went after the “triple wall of privilege” – banks, tariffs and trusts
- 27. Generated state and local projects that used public markets for combatting the urban "evils" of high food costs, lack of fresh food, traffic congestion, and unsanitary conditions
- 30. Emphasized the Christian duty to help the less fortunate
- 31. Located in “slum” neighborhoods and provided services such as classes, English lessons, childcare, nursing and help in obtaining naturalization
- 32. A person who purchases goods and services for personal use
- 33. Muckraker who wrote The Jungle
- 38. Wrote How the Other Half Lives, examining the conditions of the urban poor