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20 Cards in this Set
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Progressive Era
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Promoting or favoring political reform
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Reform
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To change for the better
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Corruption
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To be dishonest
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Spoils System
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Act of replacing government officals with supporters of a newely elected president
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Pendelton Civil Service Act
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created Civil Service Commission to create tests so government jobs would be based on merit (those who earned them)
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Primary
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Voters select the candidate for the general election -Effort to have citizens participate more in government
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muckracker
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writers during the Progressive Era who exposed conditions needing reform
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16th Ammedment
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income tax (1913)
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!7th Ammendment
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direct election of Senators by voters--expands democracy (1912)
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!8th Ammendment
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Prohibition--outlawed the sale of alcohol from 1917-1932
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19th Ammendment
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granted women right to vote (1920)
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Civil Service Commision
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Name given to government jobs, except the military and elected office
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Meat inspection act
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result of the Jungle, gives more power to meat inspectors to insure that clean meat is being packaged
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referendum
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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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Pure food and drug act
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result of the Jungle, forces food and drug products to have labels listing dietary content
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William Boss 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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Suffragist
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individual who fought for women's right to vote
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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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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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