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Progressive Laws
Laws of the Progressive Era
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Authorized in 1902 the use of federal money to develop the west and to help protect national resources | Newlands Reclamation Act |
| Strengthened earlier legislation by outlawing discriminatory rebates to big corporations in 1903 | Elkins Act |
| Imposed in 1906 stricter control over railroads and expanded powers of the ICC | Hepburn Act |
| Bolstered the regulatory powers of the ICC in 1910 and supported labor reforms; placed telephone and telegraph companies under ICC regulation | Mann-Elkins Act |
| Laid down binding rules in 1906 for sanitary meat packing and government inspection of meat products crossing state lines; passed in response to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle | Meat Inspection Act |
| Forbade in 1906 the manufacture or sale of mislabeled or adulterated food or drugs and gave the government powers to ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs; today's FDA is descended from this law | Pure Food and Drug Act |
| Meeting held to study the nation's national resources | Conservation Conference |
| Passed in 1913 to regulate banking and help small banks stay in business; a move away from laissez-faire policies | Federal Reserve Act |
| Passed in 1909, this lowered the tariff and was signed by Taft; but Democrats felt it didn't go far enough | Payne-Aldrich Tariff |
| Lowered tariffs in 1913 under Wilson on hundreds of items that could be produced more cheaply in the US than abroad | Underwood-Simmons Tariff |
| Established in 1914 to prevent unfair business practices and help maintain a competitive economy | Federal Trade Commission |
| Passed in 1914 to extend the Sherman Antitrust Act to give it more powers against trusts; outlawed practices that had a dangerous likelihood of creating a monopoly, even if no unlawful agreement was involved | Clayton Antitrust Act |
| Established the direct election of senators | 17th Amendment |
| Gave Congress the power to institute an income tax | 16th Amendment |
| Prohibited the sale of alcohol | 18th Amendment |
| Gave women the right to vote | 19th Amendment |
| Gave people the right to propose a new law to the state legislature | Initiative |
| A law passed by the legislature to then be presented to the people for approval or veto | Referendum |
| Method whereby people can petition and vote to have an elected official removed from office | Recall |
| An election where people can elect their party's candidates for office instead of having them selected by party caucuses | Direct Primary |
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