| A | B |
|---|
| 16th Amendment | established a federal income tax |
| 17th amendment | said that U.S. Senators would be directly elected by the people of their state |
| 19th Amendment | gave women over age 21 the right to vote |
| Clayton Antitrust Act | clearly stated what businesses could and could not do; made it easier to break up trusts |
| conservation | the wise use of natural resources |
| direct primary | gave people more power over who the candidates in an election would be |
| Federal Reserve Act | passed to help reform the nation's banking industry |
| Ida Tarbell | muckraker who wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company, a book about the evils of trusts |
| Jane Addams | started Hull House |
| Meat Inspection Act | gave the government the power to inspect meat to see if it was safe to eat |
| minimum wage | the lowest amount businesses are allowed to pay their workers |
| Muckrakers | writers who described the problems facing Americans |
| national parks | land set aside for the enjoyment of future generations |
| New Freedom | name given to Woodrow Wilson's plan for reform |
| political machine | a group that was able to influence who was elected to government offices and what those people did while in office |
| Progressives | group of Americans who wanted to make changes to make the U.S. a better nation for everyone |
| Pure Food and Drug Act | passed to protect consumers from unsafe foods and medicines |
| reform | to change for the better; main goal of the Progressives |
| Sherman Antitrust Act | first government effort to control "big business" |
| Theodore Roosevelt | progressive president who led the fight to "bust" trusts and end corruption in goverment; helped start the national park system |
| trust | a group of businesses that combine to form a monopoly |
| Upton Sinclair | muckraker who wrote The Jungle |
| Woodrow Wilson | progressive president who worked to cut down the power of business, reduce tariffs, and reform the banking industry |
