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vocabulary
federal reserve act
nineteenth amendment
sixteenth amendment
pure food and drug act
seventeenth amendment
eighteenth amendment

termdefinition--------expanded democracy by taking from state legislatures the power to select each states u.s. senators and giving it to the votersregulated and stabilized the nations banking system; a result of progressive reformers effortsgave women the right to votean act passed by congress in 1906 as a result of public outcry over unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industryoutlawed the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholauthorized congress to levy an income tax, which gave the federal government more money to pay for its

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Brief Explanations

Each term is matched to its historical definition based on U.S. Progressive Era legislation and amendments:

  1. The Seventeenth Amendment changed how U.S. Senators are elected, shifting power from state legislatures to voters.
  2. The Federal Reserve Act created a regulated national banking system to stabilize U.S. finance, a key Progressive reform.
  3. The Nineteenth Amendment granted women the constitutional right to vote.
  4. The Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) was passed after public outcry over unsanitary meatpacking conditions (sparked by Upton Sinclair's The Jungle).
  5. The Eighteenth Amendment established national prohibition, outlawing alcohol's manufacture, distribution, and sale.
  6. The Sixteenth Amendment authorized the federal government to levy a national income tax.

Answer:

TermDefinition
Federal Reserve Actregulated and stabilized the nation's banking system; a result of Progressive reformers' efforts
Nineteenth Amendmentgave women the right to vote
Pure Food and Drug Actan act passed by Congress in 1906 as a result of public outcry over unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry
Eighteenth Amendmentoutlawed the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcohol
Sixteenth Amendmentauthorized Congress to levy an income tax, which gave the federal government more money to pay for its