Progressive Presidents

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The 17th Amendment gave people the right to vote for their ______ directly.

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Senators

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What nickname did Roosevelt get after breaking up monopolies with the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?

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Trustbuster

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Which amendment paved the way for the graduated income tax?

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16th Amendment

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Theodore Roosevelt's policy of backing up diplomatic relations with military force

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Big Stick Diplomacy

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The U.S. policy of using the nation's economic power to exert influence over other countries

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Dollar Diplomacy

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Policy of Woodrow Wilson stating that the U.S. could not officially recognize governments that were oppressive, undemocratic, or opposed to U.S. business interests

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Moral Diplomacy

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An artificial waterway built to provide a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, opened in 1914

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Panama Canal

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Which president wanted to regulate trusts and protect the public from dangerous foods and "medicines"?

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Theodore Roosevelt

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The Jungle--by muckraker Upton Sinclair--exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry and led to this law:

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Meat Inspection Act

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Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society

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Muckrakers