income tax - 16th Amendment, direct election of senators - 17th Amendment, woman's suffrage - 19th Amendment, prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages - 18th Amendment, people can propose laws at a municipal level - initiative, people can vote on whether an elected official remains in office - recall, people can vote on whether to keep existing laws - referendum, monopoly - trust, prohibited monopolies - Sherman Anti-Trust Act, stated that labor unions were not monopolies - Clayton Anti-Trust Act, 3 C's-control of corporations, consumerism, conservation - Square Deal, peacefully negotiate but use force if necessary - Big Stick Diplomacy, established laws regulating the food industry - Pure Food and Drug Act, journalists who wrote stories exposing corruption - Muckrakers, peaceful negotiation but if necessary use monetary means to control a region - Dollar Diplomacy, a "banker's bank" it regulates the supply of money and the US economy - Federal Reserve Bank, exposes the conditions in the meatpacking industry - The Jungle,

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