Progressive Era Reforms and People

Led to the direct election of U.S. Senators. People now vote for senators

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

Prohibition outlawed the sale, manufacturing, or transportation of alcohol

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

Allows the federal government to collect an income tax

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

The right to vote cannot be died on the basis of sex. Gave women power in politics.

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

People could hold special elections to remove elected officials from office to hold them accountable

• Initiative

• Referendum

• Recall

• Secret Ballot

Citizens could propose new legislation which directly reflected their needs

• Initiative

• Referendum

• Recall

• Secret Ballot

Citizens now have the ability to vote on proposed laws directly, increasing civic participation

• Initiative

• Referendum

• Recall

• Secret Ballot

People cast their votes in private, helping to reduce voter fraud and coercion

• Initiative

• Referendum

• Recall

• Secret Ballot

An organization that works to gain civil rights for African Americans

• NAACP

• Pure Food and Drug Act

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Pendleton Civil Service Act

Whose book caused the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act to be passed?

• Upton Sinclair

• W.E.B. Dubois

• Ida Tarbell

• Theodore Roosevelt