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13 Cards in this Set
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16th Amendment
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Gave congress the power to pass income tax (1913)
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17th Amendment
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Required the direct election of senators by the people (1913)
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18th Amendment
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Enforced prohibition, and ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol (1919)
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19th Amendment
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Granted women the right to vote (1920)
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Pendleton Act
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Creats civil service commission
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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Prohibited buisinesses from trying to destroy competition
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Meat Inspection Act
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Allowed for closer inspection of Meatpacking Houses
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Graduated Income tax
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Tax on earning that charges differentrates for different income levels
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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Required food and drug makers to list all the ingredients in their packages.
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Monopoly
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causing higher prices, eliminating competition, marking "Robber Barons" very powerful
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Upton Sinclair
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Wrote the book "The Jungle" and it tells how sick animals and rats were ground up into meat
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"The Jungle"
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A book written by Upton Sinclair that told about how sick animals and rats were ground up into meat
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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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