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25 Cards in this Set
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Progressive Era
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Turn of the century reform movement dedicated to political and social change through government action
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Reform
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To change for the better
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Spoils System
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Act of replacing government officials with supporters of a newly elected President
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Pendelton Civil Service Act
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Created Civil Service Commission to create tests so government jobs would be based on merit (those who earned them)
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Monopoly
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Company that controls all or nearly all business in a particular industry
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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Prohibited businesses from trying to destroy competition
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Muckracker
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Writers during the Progressive Era who exposed conditions needing reform.
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Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Jacob Riis
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They were all Muckrackers
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Primary
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Voters select the candidate for the general election -Effort to have citizens participate more in government
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Initiative
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Process that allows voters to put a bill before a state legislature
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Referendum
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Process by which citizens vote directly on a bill
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Recall
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Process to remove an elected official from office
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16th Amendment
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Income tax (1913)
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17th Amendment
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Direct election of Senators by voters--expands democracy (1912)
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18th Amendment
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Prohibition--outlawed the sale of alcohol from 1917-1932
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19th Amendment
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Granted women right to vote (1920)
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Suffragist
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Individual who fought for women's right to vote
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Meat Inspection Act
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Result of the Jungle, gives more power to meat inspectors to insure that clean meat is being packaged
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"The Jungle"
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Novel written by Upton Sinclair exposing the unsafe practices of the meat-packing industry in Chicago
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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Result of the Jungle, forces food and drug products to have labels listing dietary content
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Prohibition
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Total ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol
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Civil Service Commission
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Name given to government jobs, except the military and elected office
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Graduated Income Tax
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Tax on earning that charges different rates for different income levels
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William "Boss" Tweed
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NYC political boss-cheated NY out of almost $200 million during 1860-70's-Imprisoned for his crimes-Controlled jobs, newspapers, courts, fixed elections
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Corruption
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Dishonesty
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