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39 Cards in this Set
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direct primary
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a nominating election in which voters choose the candidates who later run in a general election
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17 amendment
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gave voters the power to elect their senators directly.
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initiative
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gives voters the power to initiate, or introduce legislation; if a certain number of voters sign this petition, a proposed policy is put on the ballot
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referendum
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companion to the initiative, and by securing a specified number of signatures on the petition, citizens can force the legislature to place a recently passed law on the ballot, allowing voters to approve of veto the measure
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recall
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allows voters to remove an elected official from office calling for a special election.
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Samuel Jones
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self made man; did many things to help to community
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Tom Johnson
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self made man
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Robert LaFollette
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served in government; came up with the Wisconsin Idea
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Wisconsin idea
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reform program that urged that more tax dollars go towards building railroads and public utilities
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arbitration
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Process by which two opposing sides allow a third party to settle a dispute
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reclamation
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Process of making damaged land productive
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Square DeAL
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Theodore Roosevelt’s 1904 presidential campaign slogan pledging to balance the interests of business, consumers, and labor
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elkins act
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Federal law that prohibited shippers from accepting rebates
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hepburn act
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Law that authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to set railroad rates and to regulate other companies engaged in interstate commerce
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meat inspection act
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Federal law that required government inspection of meat shipped across state lines
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pure food and drug act
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Law that prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of food and patented medicine containing harmful ingredients; also required food and medicine containers to carry ingredient labels
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national park service
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A federal agency established in 1916 to help supervise national parks and monuments
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William Howard Taft
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nominated by Roosevelt as the republican candidate in the 1908 election; R's secretary of war; weak leader
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Mann-Elkins Act
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extended regulatory powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission to telephone and telegraph companies
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16th amendment
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levy taxes based on income
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Payne-Aldrich Tariff
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a low-tariff bill, and Senator Nelson Aldrich turned it into a high-tariff measure.
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Richard Ballinger
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Taft’s secretary of the interior
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Ballinger-Pinchot Affair
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Ballinger and Pinchot were feuding, and Taft told them to stop critisizing, but when they didnt, he fired Pinchot; shows Taft's weakness for conversation
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Joseph Cannon
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Speaker of the house; head of rules committee; lead with an iron-hand; progressives launched an attack on him
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George Norris
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a progressive; began to try to break Cannon's power; proposed that the House should pick the Rules Committee, and the Speaker of the house should be separate from it
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Progressive Party
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formed after Roosevelt lost the election against Taft, and his people formed this group
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Woodrow Wilson
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Democratic candidate
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New Freedom
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proposals to help small businesses
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Eugene Debs
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Socialist party candidate
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Underwood Tariff Act
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Bill introduced a graduated income tax
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Federal Reserve Act
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Wilson helped draft it; created the three tiered banking system: Federal Reserve Board, 12 federal reserve banks, and private banks
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Clayton Antitrust Act
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Clarified and extended the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act by stating what corporations could not do
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Fedral Trade Comission
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part of the New Freedom Program; authorized to investigate corporations; looked for mislabeled products
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Adamson Act
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reduced the railroad worker day to 8 hours
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Keatings-Owen Child Labor Act
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outlawed the sale of anything made by children in factories; struck down
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19th amendmant
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womens suffrage
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National American Women Suffrage Association
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony were the presidents; leading group in the women's suffrage movement
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Alice Paul
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broke away from the NAWSA and formed the Congressional Movement for Women Suffrage
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Carrie Chatman Catt
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was president of the NAWSA; continued to use traditional political strategies to attain voting rights
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