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26 Cards in this Set
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Money paid to get someone to do something against the law
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Bribe
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wealthy businesspeople trying to use the government for their own gain.
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System that includes most government workers who are appointed rather than elected
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Civil Service
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During the 1870s-1880s these jobs were filled by the Spoils System.
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An illegal payment of money made in return for a favor or service
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Kickback
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This included controlling elections through giving gifts, jobs, & favors.
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A system in which private businesses, farms, and factories compete with one another to make a profit
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Capitalism
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Some poor Americans blamed poverty, unsafe working conditions, & unclean food on Capitalism.
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A writer who brings attention to corruption
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Muckraker
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Upton Sinclair exposed the meat-packing industry bringing reform
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A giant corporation, or group of companies
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Trust
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Teddy Roosevelt was known as a ______ Buster.
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A tax paid to the government on the money a person earns.
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Income Tax
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Pres. Taft supported a Federal ________ ______.
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A time period when making, selling and transporting alcohol was unawful
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Prohibition
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Alcohol was "not allowed" from 1919 until 1933 by the 18th Amendment
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To coat with "gold leaf" or a gold color; a time of wealth and prosperity
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"The Gilded Age"
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Mark Twain coined this phrase by the title of his book; the age of the Robber Barons.
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A corrupt political boss in New York city who controlled government through bribing voters w/ gifts,jobs & favors
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Boss Tweed
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Tweed padded or added to city bills cheating N.Y. City out of $200 million over six years.
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A political cartoonist who helped to reveal the corruption of Boss Tweed & get him out of office
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Thomas Nast
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His political cartoons helped clean up corruption in government in N.Y.C.in the late 1800s
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When government jobs were given to people who helped the President get elected.
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Spoils System
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"To the victor go the spoils"
Pres. Garfield was shot because he wanted to change this system. |
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In the late 1870s,this President spoke out against the "Spoils System" of government appointments
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President Rutherford B. Hayes
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He sought civil service reform by putting able men in major positions
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President assassinated because of political appointments
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President James Garfield
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Shot by a disappointed office seeker on 7/2/81 & died on 9/1981
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He supported the Civil Service Act which made people seeking government jobs take a skills test
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President Chester Alan Arthur
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Helped to end the Spoils System of political appointments helping qualified persons get appointments.
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A book about the unclean practices of the meatpacking industry.
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
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A book that sickened & angered Americans about the meatpacking industry
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A movement that believed many problems were due to fast growth of industry and cities. They wanted laws to regulate business & improve working conditions,, improve health, & education in poor areas
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The Progressive Era
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Writers of newspapers, magazines & books brought attention to corruption in business & government
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25th President whose reforms included high tariff rates, the "Gold Standard Act" & annexing of Hawaii & Cuba & Spanish-American War
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President William McKinley
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McKinley was assasinated by an anarchist on Sept. 5, 1901.
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Took Presidency in 1901 after McKinley's death. Ended the Coal Miners' Strike by threatening to have U.S. troops control the owners mines
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President Theodore Roosevelt
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Known as the "Trust-Buster" he felt it was unlawful for trusts to force smaller companies out of business
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Modern Progressive Organizations that strive to solve community problems
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National Neighborhood Coalition (NNC) & HH (Habitat for Humanity)
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Jimmy Carter helps to construct houses for Habitat for Humanity
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Three methods of settling Union disputes through using a 3rd neutral party, a negotiator or having both parties give up some things they want to happen
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Arbitration , Mediation & Compromise
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Ways to settle union disputes
by a 3rd party and having each side give up something to get something. |
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His reforms included taking many trusts to court, enacted a federal income tax by the 16th Amendment
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President William H. Taft
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He passed the 17th Amendment making U.S. Senators be directly elected by voters not chosen by state lawmakers
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His reforms included lowering tariffs on foreign goods, a graduated income tax to hit the wealthy, ended price-fixing for companies to raise or lower prices & rights of unions & workers were protected
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President Woodrow Wilson
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He started the Federal Reserve System & Federal Trade commission
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Women protested under Pres. Wilson for suffrage. They began passing laws in each state allowing women to vote.
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Women's Suffrage & 19th Amendment (1920)
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By 1919 15 states had full suffrage for women. & in 1920 the 19th A. passed
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A suffragette who argued that women voters were needed to bring about progressive reforms by passing the law in each state
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Carrie Chapman Catt
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Got the 19th A. passed by state laws allowing voting rights for women
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In 1933, the government passed the 21st A. which repealed the 18th A. or Prohibition of Alcohol
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21st Amendment
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The U.S. Government realized the best way to control the sale of alcohol is for them to regulate its production and tax it.
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