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- 3. 1913 constitutional amendment that gave Congress the authority to levy an income tax.
- 5. President Theodore Roosevelt's program of reforms to keep the wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small business owners and the poor.
- 8. 1906 law that empowered the federal government to inspect meat sold across state lines and required federal inspection of meat processing plants.
- 11. 1914 law that strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act
- 13. 1902 law that gave the federal government the power to decide where and how water would be distributed through the building and management of dams and irrigation projects.
- 14. (1856-1924) entered politics in 1910 when he was elected governor of New Jersey. His reforms there brought him national attention and the Democratic presidential nomination in 1912. As President he guided the nation through World War I and negotiated the Versailles Treaty.
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- 1. (1865-1946) was appointed to head of the U.S. Forest Service, but was fired in 1910 after a dispute with President Taft's Secretary of the Interior. In 1912, he helped form the Progressive Party that nominated Theodore Roosevelt to run for President. He continued his conversation work in Pennsylvania, where he was elected governor in 1922.
- 2. 1913 law that placed national banks under the control of a Federal Reserve Board, which operates regional banks that hold the reserve funds from commercial banks, sets interest rates, and supervises commercial banks.
- 4. 1906 law that gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the authority to set maximum shipping rates for railroads and for ferries, toll bridges, and oil pipelines.
- 6. 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.
- 7. (1838-1914) emigrated with his family from Scotland in 1849. In 1876 he urged the federal government to adopt a forest conservation policy and was later instrumental in the establishment of California's Yosemite and Sequoia national parks. In 1892, he founded the Sierra Club, one of today's leading conservation organizations.
- 9. President Theodore Roosevelt's plan to restore the government's trustbusting power.
- 10. Political party that emerged from the Taft-Roosevelt battle that split the Republican Party in 1912.
- 12. (1858-1919) was governor of New York before becoming Vice President in 1901. He became the youngest man to assume the presidency soon after. He was known for his anti-monopoly and conservation policies. He made an unsuccessful bid for another term in 1912 as the candidate of the Progressive Party.