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21 Cards in this Set
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Gilded Age
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During the late 1800s when there was a big difference between the rich and the rest of the nation
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Robber Barons
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individuals who created monopolies in big business by exploiting their workers and eliminating competition by bribery, kickbacks, influential campaign contributions, etc.
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Populism
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A political movement that sought to reform government corruption led by James Weaver and Mary E. Lease by removing the "profit motive" from government service
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People's Party
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1892 3rd Political Party nominated James B. Weaver for President with little success Later nominated William Jennings Bryan for candidacy in hopes of creating a farmer-wage earner coalition
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Referendum
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A process allowing voters to accept/reject proposed legislation
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Initiative
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A process allowing individuals to place an issue before the voters
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Recall
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A process that citizens can use to remove an official from office
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Seventeenth Amendment
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Amendment ratified in 1913 that allowed the direct election of United States Senators to make them more accountable to the people. Prior to this Senators were elected by state legislators
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Hull House
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The most famous settlement house in the USA which helped immigrants and the poor "settle into" U.S. culture through recreation, education & social activities
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Muckrakers
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Journalists & novelists who attempted to expose abuses in business and corruption in politics under the Progressive Movement
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Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
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A law mandating safe and sanitary conditions for food preparation and packaging & placing regulations on medicines
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Racism
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prejudice against certain people because of their race
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Nineteenth Amendment
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amendment granting right to women's suffrage by 1920 ratification; promoted by Susan B. Anthony
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N.A.A.C.P
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In 1909 an organization led by W.E.B. Dubois and Ida Wells-Barnett to end racism in America
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"The Jungle"
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A book written in 1906 by Upton Sinclair telling of the unsafe and unsanitary conditions in meatpacking plants in the U.S.A.
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President Woodrow Wilson
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In 1912, Wilson succeeded in pushing for laws to strengthen Labor Unions by signing the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1915 forbidding the sale of products made by children across state lines.
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"Plessy vs. Ferguson"
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A case reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court (1895) which established the principle of "Separate but Equal" which meant as long as public facilities were equal , races could be separated.
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Susan B. Anthony
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worked her entire life to secure voting rights for women; her face is on a silver dollar
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Labor Unions
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Organizations of workers which formed in different industries to fight for the welfare of all workers during the Progressive Era
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Commerce Act of 1887 & Pendleton Act of 1883
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Legislation that sought to end the "Spoils System" through creating a Civil Service System
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Robert M. La Follette
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A progressivist who worked to reform the political process through greater citizen participation in government by use of initiatives, referendums and recalls
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