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14 Cards in this Set
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tenement
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apartment building
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suburbs
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as american cities became overcrowded, people who could afford it moved to this place
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immigrants
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people from other countries living in another country
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political machines
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sophisticated organizations made to win votes
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trusts
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combonation of companies dominating an industry, created for reducing competition
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progressives
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dominated the political landscape of the early 1900s
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muckrakers
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combined careful research, vivid writing, and intense moral outrage
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examples of muckrakers
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Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair
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social gospel movement
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included Christians who felt the church should improve life than just getting people to heaven
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examples of people from social gospel movement
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Walter Rauchenbusch
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direct primary
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an election open to all voters within the party
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initiative
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allowed citizens to introduce a bill into the legislature and required members to take a vote on it
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referendum
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established a procedure by which voters cas ballots for or against proposed laws
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recall
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gave citizens a chance to remove an elected official from office before the person's term ended
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