Progressive Era Flashcards
1
Q
Sixteenth amendment
A
1913: the more money you make, the more you pay in taxes
2
Q
Seventeenth amendment
A
People elect the senators
3
Q
Federal reserve act
A
-reorganizes US banking system
4
Q
Federal trade commission act
A
- Replaces borough of corporations
- 5 member committee
5
Q
Family limitations
A
1914: Margaret Sanger was a progressive nurse who wrote a book about contraception. She got arrested for obscene material. She established the first birth control clinic in Brooklyn and created planned parenthood
6
Q
Eighteenth amendment
A
-1919: gov prohibits alcohol in America because they want more order because they believed it leads to immoral actions
7
Q
Nineteenth amendment
A
-women’s right to vote nationally
8
Q
Hepburn Act
A
Creates interstate commerce
