An Age of Progressive Reform, 1890–1920

The U.S. Senate rejected the __________ and with it Wilson's progressive vision for a League of Nations.

The __________ barred the manufacture and sale of alcohol in the United States.

The __________ aimed at outlawing adulterated or mislabeled food and drugs and gave the federal government the right to seize illegal products and fine the manufacturers.

In part as a response to the riot in Springfield, Illinois, W. E. B. Du Bois in 1909 helped found the __________.

The __________ required federal inspectors from teh U.S. Department of Agriculture to inspect livestock in slaughterhouses and to guarantee sanitary standards.

Congress passed the __________ in 1910 to outlaw the transport of women across state lines "for immoral purposes."

In 1920 the states ratified the __________ to the Constitution, doubling the number of eligible voters in the nation.

In contrast to its decision on male bakers in New York, the U.S. Supreme Court in 1908 upheld an Oregon law limiting the work day of female laundry workers to 10 hours in the case of __________.

The __________ allowed the federal government to find and jail anyone hindering the war effort during World War I.

Starting in the mid-1800s, __________ legally separated people according to race in the American South.

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a New York law limiting the hours of male bakers in the case of __________.

The __________ allowed any voter who had voted before 1867, or had a father or grandfather who had voted, to be exempt from the literacy test or other restrictions.

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