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23 Cards in this Set
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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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to fix something
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reform
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to fix something
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spoils system
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the practice of rewarding friends and loyal supporters with government jobs- leads to unqualified people in many government positions
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monopoly
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Dominance in or control of a market for certain goods or services by a single company or combination of companies
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sherman anti trust act
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stopped businesses from trying to destroy competition
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muckaker
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Early twentieth - century American journalist who tried to improve society by exposing political corruption, health hazards, and other social problems
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upton sinclair
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Novelist- wrote the jungle about the horros of the meat packing industry
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primary
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Election held before a general election in which voters choose their party's candidates for office
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ida tarbell
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wrote a book to expose the unfai business practices of Standard Oil Co.
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jacob rills
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a photographer who took pictures of children in tenements to show the horrors of slum life
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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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refrendum
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Putting a bill right on the ballot & having voters decide whether or not to vote it into law
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recall
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process to remove an elected official from office.
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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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gave women suffrage allowiing women to vote for the first time in the 1920 election
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suffragist
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individual who fought for women's right to vote
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meat inspection act
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PASSED IN 1906 IN RESPONSE TO UPTON SINCLAIRS "THE JUNGLE" TOO ALLOW MEAT PROCESSING PLANTS BE BE INSPECTED FOR MINIMUM STANDARDS
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"the jungle"
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a book written by Upton Sinclair; exposed the horrors of the meat packing industry; got Roosevelt's attention and led to the Meat Inspection Act
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pure food and drug act
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REQUIRES INGREDIENT LISTS ON FOODS AND PROHIBITS FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT MEDECINES
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prohibition
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Law forbidding the manufacture or sale of alcohol from 1920-1933. Enacted by 18th Amendment; repealed by 21st.
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