Progresivism Flashcards
16th amedment
(1913)gave congress the power to impose income tax
17th amendment
direct election of senetors
18th amendment
(1919)illegal to sell alcohol drinks anywhere in the us
19th amendment
(1919)guarenteed women the right to vote-ratifies 1920
Whats does ISAW stand for
16th amendment-income tax 17th-senators-people elect 18th-alcohol ban 19th-womens suffurage
Clayton anit-turst act
defined specific in which business could not engage ,protected unions from being defined as trusts
federal trade commision (FTC)
was created in 1912,monitor business to prevent monopolies,false advertising,and dishonest labeling
Sherman Anti-trust act
prohibited trusts or other businesses from limiting competition; many problems in the court system
federal reserve act
(1913) law that places national banks under control of federal reserve board
pure food and drug act
made it so food and drug companies had to put ingredients on the package
meat inspection act
made it so fatories must open their doors to inspection
Pendleton civil service act
law that created a civil servie system for federal government in attempt to hire employees on a merit system rather than the spoil system,helped stop the spoil system
interstate ommerce act
set up interstate commerce commission prohibited pools and rebates
William mckinley
republican candidate for president in 1896 who followed traditional strategy for letting party workers campaign for him,president was Roosevelt was the vice president