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22 Cards in this Set
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Civil Service
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all federal jobs except elected offices and those in military
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Gilded Age
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the period in American history lasting from the 1870s to the 1890s marked by the political corruption and extravagant spending
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Merit
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ability
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Patronage
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the practice of awarding government jobs to political supporters
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Progressive Era
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era of improvment (IN AMERICA!)
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Interstate Commerce
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business that crosses state lines
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Sherman Anti-Trust
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1890 law that banned the form of trusts and monopolies.
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Act
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something actors do (like me!! :D)
okay, but really its a new law that is put into direct action |
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William Tweed
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POLITICAL BOSS WHO STOLE LOTS OF MOOLAH (THAT GREEDY NO GOOD @^#&@^&)
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Progressives
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political party who wanted to improve (or progress!! haha) american life
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Muckrakers
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journalists who exposed corruption and other stuff (YAY FOR JUSTICE)
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Political boss
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powerful politician who controls work done locally and demands payoffs from businesses (see William Tweed)
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Wisconsin Idea
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series of progressive reforms introduced in the early 1900s by Robert La Folette
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John Dewey
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scholarly figure. he wanted to put students into groups!!! wow
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The Jungle
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Book by Upton Sinclair that EXPOSED MEAT FACTORIES
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Booker T. Washington
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Used violence to get black rights
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W.E.B. Dubois
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used peaceful ways of getting black rights
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Square Deal
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Teddy Rosevelt's campaign promise that all groups would have an equal opportunity
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Recall
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process that permits voters to remove an elected official from office
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Primary
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part of election where voters choose the party's candidate
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Initiative
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process where voters can put a bill directly before the state legislature
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Referendum
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process by which people vote directly on a bill
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