Social Studies Test Ch. 22

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Bob La Follete

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Progressive leader and governor of Wisconsin.

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Booker T. Washington

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Spoke out for African Americans, called blacks and whites to live in harmony.

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Carrie C. Catt

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A leader of the National Woman Suffrage Association.

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Chester Arthur

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President who worked to reform spoils system.

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Civil Service Commission

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Conducts exams for federal jobs

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Eighteenth Amendment

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This made it illegal to sell alchoholic drinks in the U.s.

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Federal Reserve Act

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set up a system of federal banks

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Gilded Age

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from the 1870's to 1890's, reformers tried to clean up political corruption

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Ida Tarbell

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Muckraker who targeted unfair business practices.

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Interstate Commerce Commission

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set up to oversee the railroads.

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Bob La Follete

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Progressive leader and governor of Wisconsin.

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Booker T. Washington

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Spoke out for African Americans, called blacks and whites to live in harmony.

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Carrie C. Catt

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A leader of the National Woman Suffrage Association.

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Chester Arthur

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President who worked to reform spoils system.

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Civil Service Commission

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Conducts exams for federal jobs

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Eighteenth Amendment

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This made it illegal to sell alchoholic drinks in the U.s.

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Federal Reserve Act

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set up a system of federal banks

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Gilded Age

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from the 1870's to 1890's, reformers tried to clean up political corruption

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Ida Tarbell

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Muckraker who targeted unfair business practices.

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Interstate Commerce Commission

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set up to oversee the railroads.

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National Woman Suffrage Association

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a group that worked for a constitutional amendment allowing women to vote

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Nineteenth Amendment

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garunteed women the right to vote

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Progressive

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a reformer who wanted to improve the american way of life

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Pure Food and Drug Act

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requires food and drug makers to list ingredients on packages

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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Prohibits businesses from trying to limit or destroy competition

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Square Deal

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Roosevelt's campaign project promise that all Americans would have the same opportunity to succeed

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Teddy Roosevelt

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Progressive president. known as the "trustbuster"

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William Taft

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Progressive president who favored the graduated income tax

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William Tweed

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Corrupt New York City boss

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Woodrow Wilson

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Progressive president who helped the FTC and signed the Clayton Antitrust Act

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Graduated income tax

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taxes people at different rates

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suffragist

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a person who worked for women's right to vote

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trustbuster

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a person who wanted to destroy all trusts

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WETU

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women's orginization the called for a ban on liquor

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merit

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getting a job because you deserve it, earned it

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muckraker

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crusading journalistwho exposed the corruption to the public

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NAACP

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the Nation Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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patronage

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giving jobs to followers

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political boss

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powerful politician

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primary

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voters choose their party's candidates for the general election

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recall

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the process used in the states in states to remove elected officials from office

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referendum

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allows voters to put a bill on the ballot and vote it into law