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Legislation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 16th Amendment | federal income tax |
| 17th Amendment | senators elected by people rather than state legislatures |
| 18th Amendment | manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol is prohibited |
| 19th Amendment | women's suffrage |
| Referendum | a measure that allows voters to either reject or approve a law proposed or passed by their legislature. |
| Recall | the voting to remove an official before the end of the term |
| Initiative | a proposed law that has to have enough signatures of people in favor of it |
| Pendleton Civil Service Act | outlawed practice of requiring patronage holders part of their pay to political candidates |
| New York Tenement Act of 1901 | new tenements have to have running water and ventilation |
| Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 | prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs |