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History II
Chapter 17: Change of Presidency
Question | Answer |
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Theodore Roosevelt | President who passed Progressive reforms and expanded the powers of the presidency |
Square Deal | Roosevelt's program to keep the wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small business owners and poor |
Hepburn Act | gave the Interstate Commerce Committee power to limit railroad company prices |
Meat Inspection Act | gave federal agents power to inspect and monitor the meatpacking industry |
Pure Food and Drug Act | gave the federal government responsibility for insuring foods and medicine are safe |
John Muir | California naturalist who advocated for the creation of Yosemite National Park |
Grifford Pinchot | forestry official who proposed managing the forests for later public use |
National Reclamation Act | gave the federal government power to decide where and how water would be distributed on and western states |
New Nationalism | Roosevelt's 1912 plan to restore the government's trust-busting power |
Progressive Party | political party that merged from the Taft-Roosevelt battle that split the Republican Party in 1912 |
Woodrow Wilson | Progressive Democrat elected President in 1912 |
New Freedom | Wilson's program to place strict government controls on corporations |
Sixteenth Amendment | 1913 constitutional amendment that gave Congress the power to impose an income tax |
Federal Reserve Act | 1913 las that places the national banks under the control of Federal Reserve Board |
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) | government agency established in 1914 to identify monopolistic business practices, false advertising, and dishonest labeling |
Clayton Anti-trust Act | strengthened anti-trust laws by spelling out specific practices in which businesses couldn't engage |
Underwood Tariff Act | provided for the creation of a graduated income tax under the 16th Amendment |