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What was the Pendleton act?

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It was the call service commission

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Why did reformers dislike the spoils system?

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Becuase jobs weren’t based on the merit system

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What was the interstate commerce act?

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It was an act that forbade practices such as rebates

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What does civil service mean?

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The civil service is a system that includes most government jobs except elected positions the judiciary and the military

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What was the role of politician bosses in the city?

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They controlled work done and demanded payoffs from businesses

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Who was a famous New York City boss?

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William tweed

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What was the Wisconsin idea?

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Various progressive reforms

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Primary

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An election in which voters rather than party leaders chose their party’s candidate

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Recall

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A process by which people may vote to remove an elected official from office

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Initiative

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A process that allows voters to put a bill before the state legislature

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Referendum

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Is a way for people to vote directly on a proposed new law

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What was the 16th amendment?

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Income tax

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Define muckraker

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A term for a crusading journalist

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Ida Tarbell

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Her work led to demands on trusts and she caused oil baron John d Rockefeller of unfair business practices

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Upton Sinclair

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Revealed the bad conditions of the meat in meat packing facilities

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Jacob Riis

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Provided shocking images of slum life

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Who was the first progressive president?

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President William McKinley

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What is a trustbuster

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Someone who destroys trusts or monopolies

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What legislative acts were used to break up trusts and monopolies?

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Sherman antitrust act
Interstate commerce act
Federal trade commission
Clayton antitrust act

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What is conservation

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Protection of natural resources

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How did Theodore Roosevelt promote conservation?

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He urged companies to plant new trees in the forests there companies such as the U.S. Forest service to plant trees and he set up national parks

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How did Theodore Roosevelt end the United mine workers strike?

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Roosevelt threatened to send in troops to run the mines. The mine owners sat down with the union and reached an agreement

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What was the square deal?

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Everyone from farmers to consumers to workers and owners Should have the same opportunities to succeed

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To what party did 1912 presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt belong?

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Republican Party

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What does the federal trade commission do?

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Stops unfair business practices to eliminate competition

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What is suffrage?

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The right to vote in political elections

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What state first granted women the right to vote?

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Wyoming

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What was the 18th amendment?

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Prohibition of alcoholic beverages

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What was the 19th amendment?

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Women’s right to vote

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For what did booker t washington work

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Advised African Americans to learn trade skills and move up gradually in society by becoming better

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What did Ida b wells urge to stop?

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Lynching

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What is lynching?

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Murder by a mob

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What organization did web du bois start?

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The natural association for the advancement of colored people

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What did members of the temperance union want to outlaw?

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Consumption of alcohol

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For what did the anti-defamation league fight?

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Fights prejudice against American Jews

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What was the gentlemen’s agreement

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Where the U.S. allowed some Japanese to immigrate to the U.S. But prevented everyone else
Japan stopped people from emigrating to the U.S.

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What are mutualistas?

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Mexican American mutual and group

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