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12 Cards in this Set
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monompoly
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A business controls an entire industry and has no competition. (Example: Standard Oil of Ohio)
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Upton Sinclair
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A muckraker that wrote a book exposing the very disgusting Chicago meatpacking plants.
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"The Jungle" (book)
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A book written by Upton Sinclair. This book exposed the conditions of both the workers and the meat of Chicago meatpacking plants.
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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Required food and drug makers to list all of the ingredients on their packages.
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16th amendment
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gave Congress the power to pass an income tax, ratified in 1913
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17th amendment
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Required the direct election of senators, and was ratified in 1913
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18th amendment
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Banned the making, selling, or transporting of alcohol nationwide (Later repealed), and was ratified in 1919
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19th amendment
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Gave women the right to vote in all federal and state elections, and was ratified in 1920
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Pendleton Act
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Created the Civil Service Commission.
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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Prohibited businesses from trying to limit or destroy competition.
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Meat Inspection Act
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Allowed closer inspections of meatpacking houses.
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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Required food and drug makers to list all the ingredients on their packages.
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