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progressive era
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Turn of the century reform movement dedicated to political and social change through government action.
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reform
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means to put or change into an improved form or condition; to amend or improve by change of color or removal of faults or abuses, beneficial change, more specifically, reversion to a pure original state, to repair, restore or to correct
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monopoly
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have bought everyone of the companys and have everything in the us
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16th Amendment
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income tax (1913)
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17th Amendment
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direct election of Senators by voters--expands democracy (1912)
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18th Amendment
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Prohibition--outlawed the sale of alcohol from 1917-1932
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19th Amendment
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granted women right to vote (1920)
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muckrakers
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writers during the Progressive Era who exposed conditions needing reform
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The Jungle
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-novel written by Upton Sinclair exposing the unsafe practices of the meat-packing industry in Chicago
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Civil Service
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Name given to government jobs, except the military and elected office.
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recall
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process to remove an elected official from office
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initiative
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gave voters the right to put a bill directly before the state legislature to vote on.
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William Tweed
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NYC political boss-cheated NY out of almost $200 million during 1860-70's-Imprisoned for his crimes-Controlled jobs, newspapers, courts, fixed elections
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