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reform effort, generally centered in urban areas and begun in the early 1900s, whose aims included returning control of the government to the people, restoring economic opportunities, and correcting injustices in American life.
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work by Upton Sinclair pointed out the abuses of the meat packing industry. The book led to the passage of the 1906 Meat Inspection Act
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Amendment to the United States Constitution gave Congress the power to tax income.
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this amendment to the Constitution calls for the direct election of senators by the voters instead of their election by state legislatures.