Key terms, people, and events from Chapter 28 of the 13th edition of the American Pageant.
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| 8238566951 | Progressives | Individuals that "waged war on many evils, notably monopoly, corruption, inefficiency, and social injustice." | 0 | |
| 8238566952 | recall | Ability for voters to remove elected officials | 1 | |
| 8238566953 | 17th Amendment | Stated that senators were to be elected by popular vote from the citizens of their state. | 2 | |
| 8238566954 | Muckrakers | Investigative journalists who were trying to make the public aware of problems that needed fixing and corruption that needed cleaning. | 3 | |
| 8238566955 | initiative | Provided the ability for voters to introduce specific legislation | 4 | |
| 8238566956 | Muller v. Oregon | Protected women workers on grounds of women having weaker bodies; restricted women to 10-hour work day | 5 | |
| 8238566957 | referendum | Final approval of laws would be approved by voters | 6 | |
| 8238566958 | Lochner v. New York | Invalidated NYS law establishing a 10 hour workday | 7 | |
| 8238566959 | Square Deal | Teddy Roosevelt's program, focused on three C's: control of corporations, consumer protection, conservation of natural resources | 8 | |
| 8238566960 | Northern Securities Decision | Supreme Court decision that upheld Roosevelt "busting" up JP Morgan's railroad monopoly in the North West | 9 | |
| 8238566961 | Hepburn Act of 1906 | This 1906 act give the ICC the right to set rates that would be reasonable. It also extended the jurisdiction of the ICC to cover express, sleeping car, and pipeline companies. It prohibited free passes and rebates. | 10 | |
| 8238566962 | Meat Inspection Act of 1906 | This law was passed in 1906 after The Jungle grossed out America. It stated that the preparation of meat shipped over state lines would be subject to federal inspection. | 11 | |
| 8238566963 | conservation | Tried to preserve natural resources and stop the rapid destruction of these resources and land. It's reached its pinnacle with President Teddy Roosevelt and the founding of first national park, Yellowstone. | 12 | |
| 8238566964 | Aldrich-Vreeland Act of 1908 | Authorized banks to issue emergency currency backed by various collateral; Increases money supply in times of crisis | 13 | |
| 8238566965 | Dollar Diplomacy | Taft's foreign policy which replaced "bullets with dollars." The policy involved investors instead of the military. In the policy, American investors would get poorer nations into debt, then have a bit of economic leverage against those nations. | 14 | |
| 8238566966 | Elkins Act | Passed by Congress in 1903 against the railroad industries. It specifically targeted the use of rebates. It allowed for heavy fining of companies who used rebates and those who accepted them. | 15 | |
| 8238566967 | Pure Food and Drug Act | It was created in 1906 and was designed to prevent the adulteration and mislabeling of foods and pharmaceuticals. It was made to protect the consumer | 16 | |
| 8238566968 | Newlands Act | This act was Congress's response to Teddy Roosevelt in 1902. In the law, Washington was to collect money from sales of public lands in western states and use the funds for development of irrigation projects. | 17 | |
| 8238566969 | 18th Amendment | Enacted in 1919, this forbade the sale and manufacture of liquor. | 18 | |
| 8238566970 | Central Powers | During WWI included the countries of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey | 19 | |
| 8238566971 | Allies | During WWI included France, Britain, and Russia, and later Japan and Italy. The United States joined in 1917. | 20 | |
| 8238566972 | Lusitania | Was a British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. | 21 | |
| 8238566973 | Sussex Pledge | Germany agreement not to sink unarmed passenger ships without warning. | 22 | |
| 8238566974 | New Nationalism | Was the name of the progressive policy of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912's Progressive party platform. It favored a more active government role in economic and social affairs. It favored continued consolidation of trusts and labor unions and the growth of powerful regulatory agencies in Washington. It favored women's suffrage and social welfare programs (including minimum-wage laws and "socialistic" social insurance). | 23 | |
| 8238566975 | New Freedom | Was the name of Wilson's policy that favored the small business, entrepreneurship, and the free functioning of unregulated and un-monopolized markets. | 24 | |
| 8238566976 | Underwood Tariff | Pass in 1913 it substantially reduced import fees. The lost tax revenue would be replaced with an income tax that was implemented with the 16th amendment. | 25 | |
| 8238566977 | 16th Amendment | Passed in 1913 is known as the income tax amendment. | 26 | |
| 8238566978 | Federal Reserve Act | This created a regulatory agency for banking with 12 regional reserve districts. Each bank was independent but was controlled by a board, which was controlled by the public. It also controls the amount of money in circulation through its reserves and interest rates. | 27 | |
| 8238566979 | Federal Trade Commission | Is a committee formed to investigate industries engaging in interstate commerce. It was created to stop unfair trade practices and to regulate and crush monopolies. | 28 | |
| 8238566980 | Clayton Antitrust Act | This helped to control monopolies by strengthening the Sherman Antitrust Act's list of business practices that were objectionable (such as interlocking directorates). It exempted labor and agricultural organizations from antitrust prosecution and legalized strikes and peaceful picketing. | 29 | |
| 8238566981 | Jones Act | Signed by President Wilson in 1916. It granted territorial status to the Philippines and promised to grant independence as soon as a stable government was established ( eventually granted on July 4, 1946) | 30 |
