1. Progressive Era
Political Reforms

2. Objects:
People:
Time/Title:
Inferences: Because I see ___________________, I can infer…
Conclusion: The most important thing in this cartoon is _________________ because it sends the message that…

3. Assassination of President Garfield (1881)

11. Roosevelt’s Square Deal
*Domestic policy which focused on the “3 C’s” (Conservation, Control, and Consumers)
1. Conservation of natural resources
(“The Great Conservationist”)
2. Control of Corporations
(“Trust-Busting”)
3. Consumer Protection

13. Taft and Wilson *Taft- Tried but not as successful on the “3 C’s”
*Wilson- National Parks System, Federal Reserve Act, Clayton Anti-Trust Act, 18th and 19th Amendments

20. Federal Reserve Act of 1913
Allows the U.S. government to issue federal notes (U.S. dollars) as legal tender in order to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system.

23. Expanding Democracy

25. Initiative
*A process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed laws and, in some states, constitutional amendments on the ballot. 

26. Referendum
*A direct vote in which an entire electorate (voters) are asked to vote on a particular proposal.

27. Recall
*The procedure that allows citizens to remove and replace a public official before the end of a term of office. 

29. Constitutional Amendments
= 230 years!

30. 16th Amendment
*Congress can collect a federal income tax from the people.

31. 17th Amendment
*Establishes the popular election of U.S. Senators by the people of the states

33. *Made the sale and consumption of alcohol illegal in the U.S.
18th Amendment
*Made the sale and consumption of alcohol illegal in the U.S.
(1920)

36. 19th Amendment
*Women’s suffrage (1920)