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What was the main purpose of the 16th Amendment to the US Constitution?
What was the main purpose of the 16th Amendment to the US Constitution?
- To reduce tariffs on imports
- To allow for the direct election of senators
- To give the government the power to tax income (correct)
- To protect conservation lands
Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the election of 1912?
Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the election of 1912?
- The Democratic party won the presidency
- The Republican party split between Taft and Roosevelt
- The Progressive party won the presidency (correct)
- The Federal Reserve System was created
What was the main reason behind Roosevelt's creation of the Bull Moose Party?
What was the main reason behind Roosevelt's creation of the Bull Moose Party?
- He wanted to protect conservation lands
- He wanted to reduce tariffs on imports
- He was not nominated for the Republican party (correct)
- He was dissatisfied with the Progressive movement
What was the main consequence of the Payne-Aldrich Tariff?
What was the main consequence of the Payne-Aldrich Tariff?
What was the main purpose of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?
What was the main purpose of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?
What was the main goal of Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal?
What was the main goal of Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal?
What did the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 do?
What did the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 do?
Who was a journalist who exposed the harsh living conditions of immigrants?
Who was a journalist who exposed the harsh living conditions of immigrants?
What was the main effect of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act?
What was the main effect of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act?
What was the main goal of the Progressive Era Amendments (16, 17, 18, 19)?
What was the main goal of the Progressive Era Amendments (16, 17, 18, 19)?
What was the purpose of the Recall, a political reform of the Progressive Era?
What was the purpose of the Recall, a political reform of the Progressive Era?
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