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| What things were done to eliminate trusts during the P.R. era? |
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1. Sherman Anti-Trust Act
2. Inner State Commerce Act
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| What is a muckraker? Name 2 and the books they wrote. |
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Ida Tarbell: Wrote about the Standars Oil Company
Upton Sinclair: Wrote The Jungle |
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| Name 2 things that resulted from Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle |
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1. Exposed corruption in the meat packing industry
2. Led to the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act |
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| What is a primary, and which state was the first to use them? |
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Primary: allowing state voters to choose party candidates.
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| allows citizens to place an issue on the ballot in a state election |
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| voters can accept or reject measures passed by the state legislature |
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| allows voters to remove unwanted elected officials |
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| women were first allowed to vote in which state? |
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| What did each of the following amendments do: 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th? |
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16th: Income Tax
17th: Direct election of senators
18th: Made alcohol illegal
19th: Grants women the right to vote |
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| Who was nicknamed the "trustbuster?" |
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| Who would be considered progressive? |
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| Who began the Bull Moose Party? |
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