US History 4.4 Vocab Terms

Square Deal

President Theodore Roosevelt’s program of reforms to keep the wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small business owners and the poor

Hepburn Act

1906 law that gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the authority to set maximum shipping rates for railroads and for ferries, toll bridges and oil pipelines.

Meat Inspection act

1906 law that empowered the federal government to inspect meat sold across state lines and required federal inspection of meat processing plants

New Nationalism

President Theodore Roosevelt’s plan to restore the government’s trustbusting power

Progressive Party

political party that emerged from the Taft Roosevelt battle that split the Republican party in 1912

New Freedom

Sixteenth Amendment

Monetary Policy

Federal Reserve Act

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)