Theadore Roosevelt		Rebublican; Meat inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Conservation trust buster
William H. Taft		Democrat; 17, 18, and 19th amendment
Woodrow Wilson		Makes governement more democratic; Hold new elections to get rid of bad politicians
Susan B. Anthony		1912 election; has ran as the american socialist party candidate; He won nearly one million votes
W.E.B. Dubois		Federal inspection of meat. reaction to Upton Sinclaires "The Jungle"
Robert Lafollete		direct election of senators
Initiative		This as well as watergate scandal caused people to distrust government
Referendum		1st federal law designed to regulate interstate commerce
Recall		Makes government more democratic; citizens vote on laws before they go into act
Teapot Dome Scandal		Republican; Childrens bureau to investigate and publicize child labor, Mann Elkins Act
Insterstate Commerce Commission		Makes government more democratic; citizens can introduce laws to legislature
Sherman Anti-trust Act		direct tax on income not land
16th Amendment		Womens right activist; fought for womens suffrage
17th Amendment		Called americans to perserve the US's Natural Resources and regulate their use
Meat Inspection Act		African American activist; Helped found NAACP; Believed voting was essential to end discrimination
Conservation		1890- made monopolies or trusts illegal; hard to enforce
Eugene Debs (Third Party Movement)		Governer of Wisconsin; Wanted the direct primary vote to make more democratic and break power of party busses