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19 Cards in this Set
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nativism
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the belief that ones race is superior
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Cross/Open Primary
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anyonbody can go in and vote for either side
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Closed/Direct Primary
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Choose canidates to run and you can only vote for someone of your own party
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What is a political machine?
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powerful organizations that influenced city and couty politics
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bosses
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powerful leader who run political machines
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Pendleton Civil Serice Act
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law that set up a merit system controlled by the Civil Service Commision
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mugwumps
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republican reformers
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progressives
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reformers who began working to solve problems caused by rapid industrial and urban growth
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mukrakes
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journalist who wrote about the corruption of the government
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direct primary
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lets voters choose candidates for public office instead of allowing pry leaders to select them
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17th Amendment
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allowed americans to vote directly for U.S. senators
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initiative
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allows voters to propose a new law by getting signatures on a petition
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referendum
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allows voters to approve or disapprove a law that had already been proposed or passed by state or local government
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socialism
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an economic system in which the government owns and operates a country's means fo production
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Industrial Workers of the World
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organization that brought together the people who were not accepted into the American Federation of Labor
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18th Amendment
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outlawed the production and sale of alcoholic beverages in the US
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19th Amendment
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gave women the right to vote
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16th Amendment
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ratified in February that allows the federal government to impose direct taxes on people's income
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Federal Reserve Act
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act created a national banking system called the Federal Reserve
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