Ch. 10 Flashcards

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Direct Primary

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Votes given to the people directly, or at large, to decide the best candidate

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2
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17th Amendment

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Two senators per state

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3
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Initiative

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Allows citizens to decide a bill, or law

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4
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Recall

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Removal of poor preforming legislatures

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5
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Referendum

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Voters cast ballots for or against a law, or a bill

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6
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Progressives

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Implementing new social reform, or new, liberal idea

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7
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Robert M. LaFollette

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Wanted a progressive state government and advocated for the Wisconsin Idea

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Wisconsin Idea

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Do away with monopolies, trusts, and high costs of living

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9
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President McKinley Assassinated

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Shot twice from close range at the Pan

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10
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Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt

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Youngest president of the United States

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United Mine Workers Strike (1904)

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Miners wanted 20% increase pay, reduced hours of work, increased safety in the mines, and recognition of the Union

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12
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Roosevelt’s Square Deal

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Domestic program, conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection

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13
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Muckrakers

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Wrote about corrupt leaders and institutions

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14
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Upton Sinclair

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American writer who wrote (Welcome to) The Jungle

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15
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The Jungle

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Exposed the appalling conditions of the meat packing industry

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16
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Pure Food and Drug Act

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Prevented the manufacture, sale, and shipment of impure, or falsely labeled food and drugs in interstate commerce

17
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President William Howard Taft

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Large, intelligent, and thoughtful man who was the President

18
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16th Amendment

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Levy taxes on income

19
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Ballinger-Pinchot Affair

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Taft fired Pinchot, angering Roosevelt

20
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1912 Election

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Taft v. Roosevelt v. Debs v. Wilson

21
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Wilson’s New Freedom

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Wanted to attack high tariffs, banking, and anti-trust laws

22
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President Woodrow Wilson

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Won 1912 Election

23
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Federal Reserve Act

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Intended to form economic stability in the US

24
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Federal Trade Commission

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Investigated businesses fraudulent and unfair practices

25
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Deceleration of Sentiments (Seneca Falls, NY)

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Stated that women should be treated like normal citizens

26
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National American Women’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

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Pressed for woman universal voting rights after the civil war

27
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Carrie Chapman Catt

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Woman who became the president of NAWSA after being passionate about it for a long time

28
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19th Amendment

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Women have the right to vote