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22 Cards in this Set
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Political Machine
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Group of mobsters that embezzled from state government
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Progressize Movement
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Period in early 1900's where people found new hope and oppertunity.
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Populist Party
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Party created to show the views of labor workers.
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Muckraker
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Reporter who exposed coruption in the early 1900's.
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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Provented monopolies from banning trusts.
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Interstate Comerce Act
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Regulated railroad taxes.
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Nomadic
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A person with no home.
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Reconstruction Period
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Period of reconstruction after the civil war.
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Initiative (law)
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Procedure by which citizens propose laws to the legislative branch.
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Referendum (law)
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Legal procedure by which the people can revoke a law passed by the legislature.
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Recall (Government)
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Process of remaning an official from office by public vote.
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Suffrage
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The right to vote.
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Rober Baron
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Another name for tycoons.
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NAACP
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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Monopoly
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A group or company that took all buisness of that kind.
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Boom Town
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A town who's population suddenly rose.
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Isolationism
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Foreign policy not to get involved.
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Expansionism
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The policy of expanding borders of countries.
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Monoroe Doctrine
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Agreement between US and Europe to stay out of each others affairs.
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Inperealism
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Taking over another country.
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Annexation
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Taking over another country.
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Western Hemisphere
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The Western side of the world.
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