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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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change
PART OF THE NEW DEAL- MEASURES TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT ANOTHER DEPRESSION CANNOT HAPPEN |
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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
system of appointing friends and supporters to government jobs- use by Andrew Jackson practice of appointing friends and loyal supporters to government jobs- people are not necessarily qualified System or practice of giving appointed offices as rewards from the successful party in an election; name for the patronage system under President Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson put friends in govt positions another name for patronage |
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Pendleton Act (1883)
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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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monopoly
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to own most of a bessness
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sheram anti-trust act
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outlawed trust
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muckrakers
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writers during the Progressive Era who exposed conditions needing reform
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puton 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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Voters select the candidate for the general election -Effort to have citizens participate more in government
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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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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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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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suffragist
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individual who fought for women's right to vote
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Meat Inspection Act (1906)
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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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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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Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)
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result of the Jungle, forces food and drug products to have labels listing dietary content
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prohibition
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law forbiding makeing celling of alkahall
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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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graduated income tax
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aloud goverment to collect income text
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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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corruption
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disanisty
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