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Chapter 18 Vocab Flashcards

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Muckraker

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Journalist who uncovers wrong doings in politics or business

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Progressive era

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The period from 1890-1920 during which a variety of reforms were enacted at the local, state, and federal levels

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Injunction

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Court order prohibiting a certain activity

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Municipal

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Relating to a city, as in municipal gov

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Holding company

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Firm that buys up stocks and bonds of smaller companies

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Conservationist

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A person who favors the protection of natural resources

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New nationalism

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TR’s plan for greater federal regulation of business and workplaces, income and inheritance taxes, and electoral reforms

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Bull moose party

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Nickname for progressive party

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Federal reserve system

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Nations central banking system established in 1913

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Civil disobedience

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Nonviolent refusal to obey a law in effort to change it

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