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25 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 change for the better/To abolish abuse or malpractice
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Spoils System
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The act of replacing govenment officials with supporters of a newly elected president
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Pendleton 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)(1883)
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Monopoly
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A company that controls all or nearly all businesses in a particular industry
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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Prohibited businesses from trying to limit or destroy competition(1890)
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Muckraker
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writers during the Progressive Era who exposed conditions needing reform
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Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Jacob Riis
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Three well-known muckrakers
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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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The 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
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Result of the Jungle, gives more power to meat inspectors to insure that clean meat is being packaged(1906)
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"The Jungle"
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A novel that Upton Sinclair wrote to make a statment about the excesses of unrestricted free enterprise. Was about a family of immigrants that came from Eastern Europe to Chicago and worked in the meatpacking industry
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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(1906)
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Prohibition
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A total ban on sale and consumption of alcohol
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Civil Service Commission
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The Civil Service is a system that includes most government jobs, except elected positions, the judiciary, and the military. People that want these government jobs must now take a civil service exam. Those with the highest scores get the jobs.
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Graduated Income Tax
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A method of taxation that taxes people at different rates depending on income
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William "Boss" Tweed
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The NYC political boss was depicted as a greedy giant and vulture feeding on the city by cartoonist Thomas Nast. During 1860s and 1870s, he cheated New York City out of more than $100 million. After fleeing to Spain, he was arrested and died in jail in 1878.
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Corruption
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Bad; inefficient
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