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49 Cards in this Set
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What is direct primary?
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a nominating election in which voters choose the candidates who later run in a general election.
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What is the Seventeenth Amendment?
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which gave voters the power to elect their senators directly.
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What is initiative?
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gives voters the power to initiate, or introduce, legislation.
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What is referendum?
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is a companion to the initiative.
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What is recall?
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enables voters to remove an elected official from office by calling for a special election.
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Who is Samuel M. Jones and Tom Johnson?
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were self-made men who earned their fortunes early in life.
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Who is Robert M. La Follette?
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began his political career as a loyal Republican.
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What is Wisconsin Idea?
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that became a model for other states.
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What is arbitration?
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Progress by which two opposing sides allow a third party to settle a dispute.
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What is Square Deal?
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Theodore Roosevelt's 1904 presidential campaign slogan pledging to balance the interests of business, consumers, and labor.
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What is direct primary?
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a nominating election in which voters choose the candidates who later run in a general election.
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What is the Seventeenth Amendment?
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which gave voters the power to elect their senators directly.
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What is initiative?
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gives voters the power to initiate, or introduce, legislation.
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What is referendum?
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is a companion to the initiative.
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What is recall?
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enables voters to remove an elected official from office by calling for a special election.
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Who is Samuel M. Jones and Tom Johnson?
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were self-made men who earned their fortunes early in life.
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Who is Robert M. La Follette?
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began his political career as a loyal Republican.
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What is Wisconsin Idea?
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that became a model for other states.
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What is arbitration?
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Progress by which two opposing sides allow a third party to settle a dispute.
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What is Square Deal?
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Theodore Roosevelt's 1904 presidential campaign slogan pledging to balance the interests of business, consumers, and labor.
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What is Elkins Act?
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forbade shipping companies from accepting rebates, or money given back in return for business.
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What is Hepburn Act?
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Law that authorized the interstate commerce commission to set railroad rates and to regulate other companies engaged in interstate commerce.
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What is Upton Sinclair?
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published The Jungle, an explosive novel that depicted the wretched and unsanitary conditions at a meatpacking plant.
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What is Meat Inspection Act?
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required federal government inspection of meat shipped across state lines.
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What is Pure Food and Drug Act?
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forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of food and patent medicine containing harmful ingredients.
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Who is Gifford Pinchot?
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(Pin-shoh) was a strong conservationist, forester, and a friend of Roosevelt.
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What is reclamation?
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the process of making damaged land productive again.
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What is National Park Service?
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a federal agency established in 1916 to help supervise national parks and monuments.
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Who is William Howard Taft?
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At 1908 Republican convention president Roosevelt threw his support behind William Howard Taft, his secretary of war.
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What is Mann-Elkins Act?
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Federal law that extended the regulatory powers of the interstate commerce commission to telephone and telegraph companies.
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What is the Sixteenth Amendment?
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Constitutional amendment that permitted Congress to levy income taxes.
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What is Payne -Aldrich Tariff?
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High-tariff measure signed by President William Howard Taft; angered progressives.
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Who is Richard Ballinger?
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The dispute revolved around Richard Ballinger, Taft's secretary of the interior.
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What is Ballinger-Pinchot affair?
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signaled Taft's weakness on conservation.
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Who is Joseph Cannon?
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of illinois, a conservative Republican.
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Who is George Norris?
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a progressive from nebraska, began an effort to break Cannon's power.
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What is Progressive Party?
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also called the Bull Moose party after Roosevelt declared that he felt "fit as a bull moose" to run.
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Who is Woodrow Wilson?
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The Democrats united behind one candidate, Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey.
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What is New Freedom?
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In 1912 campaign, Wilson's New Freedom program made proposals to help small businesses.
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What is Eugene Debs?
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Wilson's ideas also differed from another candidate for president, Eugene Debs of the Socialist Party.
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What is Federal Reserve Act?
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Act that created a national banking system to help the government control the economy.
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What is Clayton Antitrust Act?
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Law that clarified and strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act by clearly defining what a monopoly or trust was.
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What is Federal Trade Commission?
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(FTC) Commission established in 1914 to investigate corporations and to try to keep them from conducting unfair trade practices.
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What is Adamson Act?
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Federal law reducing the workday for railroad workers from 10 to 8 hours with no cut in pay.
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What is Keating-Owen Child Labor Act?
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Law that outlawed the interstate sale of products produced by child labor; declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1918.
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What is National American Women Suffrage Association?
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(NAWSA) Group formed in 1890 to win the vote for women.
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Who is Alice Paul?
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a militant young Quaker suffragist, broke away from NAWSA.
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Who is Carrie Chapman Catt?
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NAWSA continued to use traditional political strategies to attain voting rights.
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What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
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Constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote.
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