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Progressive Era Crossword Puzzle
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Initiative : In politics, the procedure where voters can, through petition, present proposed legislation directly to the electorate.
Referendum : The submission of a law, proposed or already in effect, to a direct vote of the electorate.
Recall : In politics, a procedure for removing an official from office through popular election or other means.
Rule of Reason : This was used to legally dissolve the Standard Oil Company.
Conservation : The belief that nature must be neither uncritically reverenced nor wastefully exploited.
Muckrakers : These reporters and magazines dug up huge scandals and exposed them in the Progressive Era. Their name was coined by Roosevelt.
Seventeenth Amendment : This amendment established the direct election of U.S. senators.
Eighteenth Amendment : This amendment stated that the sale or manufacture of intoxicating liquors was forbidden.
Sierra Club : Founded in 1892, the club dedicated itself to preserving the wilderness of the western landscape.
New Nationalism : Roosevelt used this term for his campaign race against Wilson.
New Freedom : Wilson used this term for his campaign race against Roosevelt.
Sixteenth Amendment : Stated that Congress has power to collect income taxes. Enacted in 1913.
Clayton Act : Signed in 1914, this act was designed to further destroy monopolies.
Federal Reserve Act : This act is credited to having carried the nation through the financial crisis of WWI.
Dollar Diplomacy: This type of diplomacy replaced Roosevelt's big stick policy under Taft's presidency.
Progressive Era Crossword Puzzle
Across:2. | The belief that nature must be neither uncritically reverenced nor wastefully exploited. | 3. | Stated that Congress has power to collect income taxes. Enacted in 1913. | 5. | The submission of a law, proposed or already in effect, to a direct vote of the electorate. | 7. | This amendment stated that the sale or manufacture of intoxicating liquors was forbidden. | 9. | Roosevelt used this term for his campaign race against Wilson. | 10. | This amendment established the direct election of U.S. senators. | 11. | This was used to legally dissolve the Standard Oil Company. |
| | Down:1. | In politics, the procedure where voters can, through petition, present proposed legislation directly to the electorate. | 3. | Founded in 1892, the club dedicated itself to preserving the wilderness of the western landscape. | 4. | Signed in 1914, this act was designed to further destroy monopolies. | 6. | In politics, a procedure for removing an official from office through popular election or other means. | 8. | These reporters and magazines dug up huge scandals and exposed them in the Progressive Era. Their name was coined by Roosevelt. | 9. | Wilson used this term for his campaign race against Roosevelt. |
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Progressive Era Crossword Puzzle
Across:2. | The belief that nature must be neither uncritically reverenced nor wastefully exploited. | 3. | Stated that Congress has power to collect income taxes. Enacted in 1913. | 5. | The submission of a law, proposed or already in effect, to a direct vote of the electorate. | 7. | This amendment stated that the sale or manufacture of intoxicating liquors was forbidden. | 9. | Roosevelt used this term for his campaign race against Wilson. | 10. | This amendment established the direct election of U.S. senators. | 11. | This was used to legally dissolve the Standard Oil Company. |
| | Down:1. | In politics, the procedure where voters can, through petition, present proposed legislation directly to the electorate. | 3. | Founded in 1892, the club dedicated itself to preserving the wilderness of the western landscape. | 4. | Signed in 1914, this act was designed to further destroy monopolies. | 6. | In politics, a procedure for removing an official from office through popular election or other means. | 8. | These reporters and magazines dug up huge scandals and exposed them in the Progressive Era. Their name was coined by Roosevelt. | 9. | Wilson used this term for his campaign race against Roosevelt. |
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