16th Amendment - Graduated Income Tax (The more money you make, the more taxes you pay_, 17th Amendment - Direct Election of Senators, 18th Amendment - Prohibition , 19th Amendment - Women's Suffrage, Social Darwinism - Used to justify the formation of business monopolies, Robber Barron - Used ruthless business tactics, Sherman Anti-Trust Act - Law passed by congress in an attempt to limit the power of monopolies, Philanthropy - Generous donation of money to good causes, Muckrakers - Writers that exposed the social of inner cities, factories and political corrupton, Upton Sinclair - wrote The Jungle, Jacob Riis - Exposed the desperate lives of poor people, Seneca Falls - First women's rights convention in the U.S., Fair Labor Standards Act - Established minimum wage, John D. Rockefeller - Standard Oil Company, Andrew Carnegie - Controlled the Steel Industry, Federal Reserve Act - Intended to provide a stable supply of money and credit, Laissez Fairre - Government should limit any interference in the economy, Monopolies and Trusts - Business practices were developed to eliminate competition, Progressives - Believed the government needs to regulate big business to protect consumers and workers, Labor Unions - An organization of employees formed to get better working conditions and pay , Meat Inspection Act - Created sanitary standards established for slaughterhouses and meat processing plants, The Square Deal - Increased the role of the Federal Government in dealing with social and economic problems, Trustbuster - Believed the government should regulate big business., Nativists - Group of Americans who were angry about immigrants taking away jobs from Americans and working for cheaper wages,

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