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Political Reforms
Read pages 646-649 to answer the questions about reforming government &
expanding democracy during progressivism
1. Which law allowed for the direct election of U.S. senators?
(a) Sixteenth Amendment
(b) Seventeenth Amendment
(c) Clayton Antitrust Act
(d) Federal Reserve Act
2. Who won the 1912 presidential election?
(a) William Howard Taft
(b) Theodore Roosevelt
(c) Eugene V. Debs
(d) Woodrow Wilson
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Economic ($$) Reforms
Money! Like so many other times in history, money was a focus during the
Progressive Era.
Use pages 646-649 and the “Tariffs and Taxes” reading to answer the
following questions about money during progressivism.
“Tariffs and Taxes” Reading
1. Why did Progressive Democrats support the Underwood-Simmons Tariff
Act of 1913?
3. Which law established an income tax in 1913?
(a) Sixteenth Amendment
(b) Seventeenth Amendment
(c) Eighteenth Amendment (d) Federal Reserve Act
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2. What was the intention of the16th Amendment?
4. Which law outlawed the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages?
(a) Sixteenth Amendment
(b) Seventeenth Amendment
(c) Eighteenth Amendment (d) Clayton Antitrust Act
3. How does a graduated income tax work?
5. Who ran for president as the Socialist Party candidate in the elections of
1908 and 1912?
(a) Eugene V. Debs
(b) William Howard Taft
(c) Theodore Roosevelt
(d) Woodrow Wilson
6. Who became Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court after serving as
president?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt
(b) William Howard Taft
(c) Woodrow Wilson
(d) Eugene V. Debs
7. Which law created the modern banking system?
(a) Clayton Antitrust Act
(b) Sixteenth Amendment
(c) Seventeenth Amendment (d) Federal Reserve Act
8. Which law encouraged business competition and was also pro-labor?
(a) Clayton Antitrust Act
(b) Federal Reserve Act
(c) Sixteenth Amendment
(d) Seventeenth Amendment
4. How are individual income taxes collected?
5. Draw the pyramid set up by the Federal Reserve Act (3 pieces).
6. Create a flow map describing what happens when the Federal Reserve
Board lowers interest rates. (3 steps)