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23 Cards in this Set
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referendum
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a process that allows citizens to approve or reject laws passed by the legistlature
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initiative
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a process where citizens could put an proposed law directly on the ballot in the next election
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driect primary
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an election where the citizens vote to select the nominees for upcoming elections
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inflation
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prices of goods go higher, but money is worth less. More money is circulation. Farmers favored inflation
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deflation
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Prices of goods go down, but money is worth more. Bankers and Businessmen favored deflation.
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socialists
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people that thought property should be controlled by the people, not by bosses
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populists
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A political group(like the democrats and republicans) that favored the business controlled by workers, not bosses. Also think that everything done should benefite the people as a whole
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Farmer's Alliance
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collective that proposed higher tariffs, but failed
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the grange
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protest group that helped farmers form cooperatives in 1866
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william jennings bryan
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democratic president nominee
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plessy v ferguson
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approves de jure segregation and seperated facilites
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Madam cj walker
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first AA millionaire and philantropist
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Henry George
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wrote book from rags to riches, and made single tax on lands
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Florence Kelley
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reformer for women
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Jame Addams
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social worker and reformer
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16th amendment
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income tax
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17th amendment
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direct election of senators in senate
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18th amendment
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alcohol prohibition
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19th amendment
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women's suffrage
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new nationalism
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Proposal for business regulation, welfare laws, workplace protection, income taxes, and voting reform
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injunctions
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court orders that could prohibit a certain activity
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home rule
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a system that gave cities a limited degree of self-rule
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free silver
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the unlimited coining of silver to increase the money supply
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