Alcoholism - 18th Amendment- bans the sale, transportation, and manufacturing of alcohol (Prohibition), Government Corruption (State level) - referendum- allows citizens to vote if a bill becomes a state law, Women lack voting rights - 19th Amendment- granted women suffrage, Child Labor - Keating-Owens Act- limited hours that children could work, Unsanitary and unsafe working conditions - Workmen's Compensation Laws required companies to pay worker who were injured on the job., Monopolies were too powerful - Clayton Antitrust Act- out lawed monpolies, Consumers getting sick - Meat Inspections Act or Pure Food and Drug Act, Goverment Corruption (national level) - 17th Amendment- allows citizens to directly elect Senators, Unsafe work Conditions - Muller v. Oregon- regulates the number of hours women could work, Weakening Big Business (monopolies) - 16th Amendment- sets up the income tax, lowers tariffs, Poor Living Conditions - Tenement Act and White Wings,

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