History Ch 19

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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