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27 Cards in this Set
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oligopoly
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market in which companies control prices for an industry
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initiative
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the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the votor or legislative for approval
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muckracker
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a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society
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recall
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rights that enable voters to remove elected officials from office
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referendum
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practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislative
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lewis hines
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exposed the horror of child labor
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W.E.B Du Bois
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was the first African American to receive a doctorial degree from Harvard university
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Booker T. Washington
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was born a slave who taught himself to read
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barrio
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a neighborhood in Mexico
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discrimination
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unfair/unequal to a group because of race, religion, ethnicity background, or place of birth
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mutaulista
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Mexican American self-defense group
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Theodore Roosevelt
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at 42, he was the youngest president in the nations history
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Tuskagee Institute
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founded in 1881, by Booker T. Washington
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Woodrow Wilson
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won the election of 1912 because of the split in the republican party
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William Howard Taft
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won the election of 1908 with Roosevelt's support
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suffragists
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fought for women's right
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19th Amendment
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went into full effect 1920 insuring women's right to vote in the U.S
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trustbuster
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someone who breaks up trusts into smaller companies
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square deal
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Roosevelt's promise of fair and equal treatment for all
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conservation
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the protection and preservation of natural resources
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arbitration
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settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider
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prohibition
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a nationwide ban on the manufacture sale, and transportation of all alcohol
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18th amendment
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prohibited the manufacturing, transport, or selling alcohol
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Mary Church Terell
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was an active African American woman who fought for women's rights
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17th amendment
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called for the direct election of U.S senators
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interstate commerce act of 1887
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required railroads to charge and publish reasonable and just rates
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Pendleton Act
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this act was made to stop the practice of the spoils system
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