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20 Cards in this Set
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Civil Service
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system that includes most government jobs, except elected positions, the judiciary, and the military
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Primary
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election in which voters rather than party leaders, choose their partys canidate for an election
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Recall
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process by which voters can remove an elected official from office
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Initative
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process that allows voters to put a bill before a state legislature
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Referendum
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process by which citizens vote directly on a bill
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Graduated income tax
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tax on earning that charges different rates for different income levels
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Reform
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change for the better
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Progressive
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moving forward
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Corrupt
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the abuse of public power, office, or resources by government officials or employees for personal gain
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Monopoly
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company that controls all or nearly all business in a particular industry
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17 Amendment
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Popular election of senators
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16 Amendment
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Income tax
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18 Amendment
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Prohibition of alcoholic beverages
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19 Amendment
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Woman's Suffrage
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Pendleton Act
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placed most federal government employees on the merit system and marked the end of the so-called spoils system.
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
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Ordered the trust to be broken up
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Meat Inspection Act
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inspect all cattle, sheep, goats, and horses when slaughtered and processed into products for human consumption
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products
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Upton Sinclair
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a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres that exposed conditions of US meat packing industry
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"The Jungle"
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Written by Upton Sinclair to show the corruption of the American meatpacking industry during the early-20th century
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