Progressive Era Vocabulary Review

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16th Amendment

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Allows Congress to collect income taxes

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17th Amendment

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Direct election of US senators by the people

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18th Amendment

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Prohibition

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19th Amendment

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Women’s suffrage

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The planned management of natural resources, lead to the creation of the national park system

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Conservation

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Initiative

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Process allows citizens to place legislation on the ballot

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Recall: Removal of a public official from office by a vote of the people

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Recall is the removal of a public official from office by a vote of the people.

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Referendum

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Proposed legislation is voted on by the people

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A law that established strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers and created a federal meat-inspection program

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Meat Inspection Act

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Journalists who exposed the corrupt side of business and public life in the early 1900’s

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Muckrakers