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29 Cards in this Set
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direct primary
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nominating election in which voters choose canadites to run in gereral election
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17th amentdment
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gave voters the power to elect their senators directly
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initiative
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givers voters power to introduce legislation
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referendum
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a companion to the initiative
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recall
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enables voters to remove an official from office by having a special election
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samuel jones and tom johnson
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they were self made men who earned their fortunes then went into politics
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robert la follette
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he came up with the Wisconsin idea
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wisconsin idea
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wanted a direct primary
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theodore roosevelt
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he is the vp and turns into the president
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arbitration
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when a third party comes it to setle an argument
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the square deal
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roosevelts capain slogan
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elkins act
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forbade shipping companies from accepting rebates in return for business
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hepburn act
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authorized the icc to set railroad rates
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upton sinclair
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he published the jungle, show how dirty it was in meat packing
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meat inspection act
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required inspection of meat when shipped across state lines
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pure food and drug act
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forbade the sale of food or medicine containing harmful ingreidients
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gifford pinchot
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was a conservationist of forests and a friend of roosevelt
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reclamation
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the process of making damaged land productive
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national park service
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was created in 1916
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william howard taft
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former secretary of war, now president in 1908
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mann-elkins act
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extended the interstate comerce act to telephone and telegraph
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sixteenth amendment
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permitted congress to levy taxes based on income
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payne-aldrich tariff
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wants high tariffs to protect american industry
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richard ballinger
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tafts secretary of interior
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ballinger-pichot affair
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it approved the sale of alaskan timber
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joseph cannon
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a speaker of the house for illinois
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george norris
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a progressive from nebraska
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progressive party
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also called the bull moose party for roosevelt
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woodrow wilson
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govener of new jersey who won president
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