progressive era
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- keating owen act
- prohibited transport of goods produced by child labor( later struck down by supreme ct. )
- collective bargaining
- negotiations between the reps. of workers & employees to reach agreement on wages, benefits, hrs. & working conditions
- sherman anti trust act
- intended to prevent the creation of monopolies by making it illegal to establish trusts that interfered with free trade
- 17th amendment
- originally it was the state legislation who chsoe the 2 U.S senators for the ppl--> amends. provided for direct popular election by the pppl for each state of theirs
- coal strike of 1902
- roosevelt was the 1st president to ever support/ side with labor
- poll tax
- an annual tax that formerly had to be paid in some southern states by anyone wishing to vote
- incumbent
- current holder of a political office
- integration
- bought out all his supplies
- new freedom
- policy of wilson. promoted antitrust modification, tariff revision, and reform in banking & currency matters
- elkins act
- illegal for rr to give & shippers to receive rebates
- socialism
- an economic & political system based on govt. ownership of business & property an on equal distribution of wealth
- federal trade commission
- became the "watchdog" agency over unfair business practices
- hepburn act
- limited distribution of RR passes( bribes) & gave ICC power to set max. RR rates
- initiative
- ppl themselves "initiate: or "propose" legislation instead of the state legislatures
- federal income tax
- provided revenue by taxing individual earnings & corporate profits
- literacy test
- a reading test formerly used in some southern states to prevent african americans from voting
- muckrakers
- first step in reform was to expose the ills within society, govt. , and big businesses
- federal reserve act
- established a uniform central banking system for the country
- square deal
- TR program of progressive reforms designed to protect the common ppl agianst big business
- referendum
- a procedure by which a proposed legislative measure can be submitted to a vote of the people
- 19th amendment
- citing political corruption &waste in state govt. reformers looked for ways to expand democracy. 4 major democratic reforms took place in wisconsin and CA
- 16th amendment
- federal income tax now provided a new revenue source
- direct primary election
- people directly choose candidates at the polls instead of "party bosses" in back room deals