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A bill originated by the people rather than lawmakers. The Initiative and referendum gave citizens the power to create laws. Many laws were being created that were unjust to the people

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Enabled voters to remove public officials from elected positions. They would force them to face another election before the end of their term if enough voters asked for it. Needed if governed ever became corrupt.

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First, they tried to convince state legislatures to grant women the right to vote, they achieved this in the territory of Wyoming in 1869. Second, women pursued court cases to test the fourteenth amendment and lastly women pushed for a national constitutional amendment to grant women the vote. Need this because didn’t originally have the ability to vote

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Journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business in mass circulation magazines during the early 20th century. Term refers to John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress,” which means a character is so busy using a rake to clean up the muck of this world that he does not raise his eyes to heaven. Needed because there was problems in labour

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Dictated strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers and created the program of federal meat inspection. Roosevelt pushed for the passage of this in 1906. Needed because food was contaminated.

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In 1906, Congress passed the Pure Food and Drug Act. This act halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling. Needed because food and drugs were sold contaminated and sold falsely.

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In 1909 a number of African Americans joined with prominent white reformers in New York to found the NAACP. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People aimed for nothing less than full equality among the races. Needed because there was racial discrimination.

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Known for his accommodation of segregationists and for blaming black poverty on blacks and urging them to accept discrimination. Wrote a book of his opposition to Washington’s position in 1903 called The Souls of Black Folk. Needed because there was racial discrimination

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Legalized federal income tax. Provided revenue by taxing individual earning and corporate profits. Needed because we needed to fund the government.

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Congress approved of this amendment in 1912. Gave Americans more of a voice in electing their legislators and creating laws. Needed because there was corruption.

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Banned the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol. Billy Sunday preached against the evils of drinking. Needed because there was a huge alcohol consumption problem.

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This amendment granted some the right to vote. Won final ratification in August 1920-72 years after women had first demanded the vote at the Seneca Falls convention. Needed it because women couldn’t vote.