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16 Cards in this Set
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Rural Free Delivery (RFD) |
a system of routes for the delivery of mail directly to previously unserved rural areas |
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hydroelectric |
producing electricity by waterpower |
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streetcar |
a passenger vehicle that ran on rails and was pulled by mules |
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trolley |
a streetcar that ran on power from overhead wires |
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pandemic |
a worldwide epidemic |
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pellagra |
a disease caused by lack of niacin, which caused diarrhea, mental depression, and skin disorders |
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Progressive Era |
the period in the early twentieth century when people concerned about economic and social problems turned to the government for solutions |
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direct primary |
an election that allows all party members to choose candidates, instead of selecting them in small conventions of political operators |
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referendum |
a process that allows the people to vote on issues put to them by the legislature |
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recall |
a means to remove an official from office before the term has expired |
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trust |
a combination of corporations that reduces or may reduce competition |
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Federal Reserve System |
an independent government agency designed to regulate the banking and money system |
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women’s suffrage |
the right of women to vote |
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trench warfare |
a type of fighting in World War I in which opposing forces attacked and counterattacked from a relatively permanent system of protected trenches (ditches) |
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League of Nations |
an organization proposed after World War I that would try to solve international disputes by laws and courts, not by violence and war |
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isolationists |
those who wanted the United States to isolate herself from the age-old struggles of Europe and just tend to our own business |
