Square Deal - Theodore Roosevelt's reform program; focused on regulating big business and protecting workers and consumers., Third party - A political group outside the system; for example: Theodore Roosevelt created one in 1912 called the Progressive party., New Freedom - President Woodrow Wilson's national reform program; he wanted to eliminate all trusts because he thought they were denying freedom to small businesses and ordinary citizens., Pure Food and Drug Act - A key law passed by Congress during Theodore Roosevelt's presidency in 1906; established the agency called the Food and Drug Administration., Federal Reserve System - the central bank of the United States; private banks remain independent but agree to operate under the rules of "the fed"., Sixteenth Amendment - A Constitutional change that allowed the federal government to impose and income tax; it required people with higher incomes to pay a larger percentage of their earnings in taxes., Seventeenth Amendment - A change to the Constitution ratified by Congress in 1913; required the direct election of senators by popular vote; gave average citizens more influence in the Senate., Eighteenth Amendment - Ratified in 1919; this Constitutional change declared that the prohibition of "the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors" would take effect in 1920., Nineteenth Amendment - Ratified in 1920, this Constitutional change declared that "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied of abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.", Conservation - The limited use of resources; to preserve some wilderness while also allowing some use of natural resources.,

Three Progressive Presidents

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