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26 Cards in this Set
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"goo-goo"
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good government
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Square Deal
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Teddy Roosevelt campaign promise
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merit
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receiving a job based on ability
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Act
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law
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scabs
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strike breakers
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collective bargaining
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group being represented by a union leader/boss in negotiations with management
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yellow-dog contract
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workers sign contract promising not to join a union
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black list
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refusing to do business
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Jim Crow laws
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laws that segregated blacks
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lynching
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illegal hangings
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poll tax
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tax on voting to keep poor blacks from voting
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Orphan Trains
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trains that take children without parents
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asylums
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safe places for immigrants
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suffrage
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voting rights
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temperance movement
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movement to prohibit alcohol sale and manufacture
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19th Amendment
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women's vote
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17th Amendment
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citizens vote for senators
Seventeen=Senators |
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16th Amendment
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graduated income tax
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Federal Reserve Act
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set up federal banks
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Progressive Era
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time in america people tried to improve the lives of Americans 1898-1917
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Reformers
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people who tried to change things or improve things
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spoils system
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rewarding political supporters with government jobs
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patronage
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political bosses gave their supporters government jobs
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Civil Service Commission
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administered merit tests for government jobs
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political bosses
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people who controlled cities, helped immigrants
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graduated income tax
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people are taxed according to the amount of money they make
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