Week 6 Hmwk

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direct primary

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early 20th-century election reform that allowed citizens, rather than political machines, to choose candidates for public office

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initiative

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progressive political reform in the early 1900s that enabloed voters to introduce legislation

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muckrakers

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journalists of the Progressive era who exposed urban poverty, unsafe working conditions, political corruption, and other social ills

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pragmatism

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hilsophical movement, with deep roots in the US, which holds that truth emerges from experimentation and experience rather than from abstract theory. it is associated with William James and John Dewey

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progressive movement

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middle-class reform movement of the first decades of the 20th century, which sought to wide political participation, eradicate corruption, and apply scientific and technological expertise to social ills

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referendum

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progressive-era reform that created a mechanism for voters to approve or reject legislation placed on the ballot. it was designed to weaken the power of entrenched political machine

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alliances

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a grouping of nations where each one pledges mutual support to the others. this support is usually defensive in nature. the formation of alliances was an underlying cause of WWI

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imperialism

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a policiy of empre building in which a nation conquers other nations or territories with the goal of increasing its power and expanding the area it controls. this was a cause of WWI

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militarism

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the development of large military forces, not only for defense of the nation but for possible aggression into other nations. it was one of the causes of WWI

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nationalism

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a strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's nation. for people under the cntrolof aforeign power, nationalism is expressed as a desire that one's nation should become a free and independent country. for people who already live in an independent country, it is expressed as a belief that one's nation should be made greater and more pwerful. nationalism contributed to the problems that led to WWI.

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advertising

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the promotion of products in various media. modern advertising, employing psychology, expert testimony, and other innovations developed in the 1920s.

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assembly line

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a method of mass production whereby the products are moved from worker to worker, which each person performing a small, repetitive task on the product and sending it to the next for a different task until the item is assembled. in the 18th and 19th centuries in America, assembly lines did not move; instead, workers handed the product from oe to the next. car manufacturer Henry Ford invented the moving assembly line in the early 20th century

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bootleggers

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peole who ilegally manufactured, sold, or transported alcoholic beverages during the Prohibition period

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installmen plans

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the practice of payin for goods at regular intervals, usually with interest added to the balance, associated with consumption in the 192s

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isolationism

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the belief that the US should not be involved in world affairs

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speakeasies

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illegal bars and saloons that operated during Prohibition