Gilded Age Laws Word Scramble
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| Imposed in 1906 stricter control over railroads and expanded powers of the ICC | Hepburn 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 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 |
| Passed to regulate banking and help small banks stay in business; a move away from laissez-faire policies | Federal Reserve Act |
| This lowered the tariff and was signed by Taft; but Democrats felt it didn't go far enough | Payne-Aldrich Tariff |
| Tprevent unfair business practices and help maintain a competitive economy | Federal Trade Commission |
| to extend the Sherman Antitrust Act to give it more powers against trusts; otlawed 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 | 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 |
| Law passed to limit child labor; was eventually struck down by the Supreme Court | Keating-Owen Act |
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