Allows the federal government to collect income tax

Established the direct election of senators (instead of being chosen by state legislatures)

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages

Gave women the right to vote

A name given to the Progressive Party, formed to support Theodore Roosevelt's candidacy for the presidency in 1912.

An act that established the principle of employment on the basis of merit and created the Civil Service Commission to administer the personal service.

a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.

The law that established the Federal Reserve System as the central bank of the United States.

African-American journalist who led the fight against lynching

1887 law passed to regulate railroad and other interstate businesses

This system was established by Theodore Roosevelt under the Newlands Reclamation Act to preserve the natural scenery and wildlife for the American people. scenery and wildlife for the American people.

period of political and social reform that lasted roughly from the 1890s to the 1920s

Halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling

an 1890 law that banned the formation of trusts and monopolies in the United States

social reformer who campaigned for women's rights, the temperance, and was an abolitionist, helped form the National Woman Suffrage Association

Co-founded the NAACP to help secure legal equality for minority citizens.

The author who wrote a book about the horrors of food productions in 1906, the bad quality of meat and the dangerous working conditions.