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28 Cards in this Set
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Spoils System
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Practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs
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Progressive Era
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Government reform of physical and social aspects of life in the 1900's
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Reform
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A change in society.
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Pedleton Act
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Created Civil Service Commission to give government jobs to people who deserved them.
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Pendleton Act
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Created Civil Service Commission to give government jobs to people who deserved them.
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Monopoly
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The control by one corporation all or most of the companies in an industry
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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Kept businesses from trying to limit or destroy competition
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Muckraker
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Journalist who exposes corruption and secrets needing reform
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Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Jacob Riis
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Famous muckrakers
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Primary
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Voters selected the canidate for the political parties
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Initiative
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Voters got the right to put a bill directly to the state legislators
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Referendum
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Putting a bill into vote for the citizens
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Recall
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removing a 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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election of senators by voters (ratified in 1916)
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18th Amendment
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Outlawed sale of alcohal from 1917-1932
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19th Amendment
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Granted women the right to vote (1920)
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Suffragist
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person who fought for women's vote
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Meat Inspection Act
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Result of book, The Jungle. Gives power to meat inspectors to make sure clean meat is being packaged.
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The Jungle
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Book by Upton Sinclair revealing horrors of meat-packing in Chicago.
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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Result of the book, The Jungle. Forces food and drug products to have labels listing dietary content
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Prohibition
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the outlawing of something
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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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Prohibition
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outlawing of something
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Civil Service Commission
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Government jobs besides elected offices and military
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Graduated Income Tax
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slow raising of income taxes
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William "Boss" Tweed
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NYC political boss. Cheated NYC out of almost $200 million during 1860-70's. Imprisoned for his crimes- he controlled jobs, newspapers, courts, and fixed elections
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Corruption
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bad, dishonest practice
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