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The people take an elected official out of office

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Recall

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A strike coming from the railroad industry. Railroad workers walked off on the job to protest a 50% wage decrease

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Pullman Strike

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Companies must accurately label ingredients in processed food items

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Pure Food and Drug Act

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Created the Incandescent lightbulb and the phonograph

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Thomas Edison

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The date that the 19th amendment (women’s suffrage) was passed

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8/26/1920

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Place immigrants went through on West Coast to become U.S. citizens. More exclusive than Ellis Island

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Angel Island

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Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Alice Paul

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Leaders of Women’s Suffrage

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First major anti-trust court case. Roosevelt v. Morgan, Roosevelt won

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Northern Securities Co. V. United States

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Created political cartoons. His work led to Boss Tweed being convicted of embezzlement

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Thomas Nast

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1890-1920

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When did the Progressive Era last?

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Professional city manager hired to run each department and report directly to the city council

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City Manager Plan

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Created the airplane

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Orville and Wilbur Wright

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Someone through a bomb into the crowd at a meeting for laborers. A German was blamed and chaos ensued

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Haymarket Riot

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Belief that one’s native country and culture is superior to others

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Nativism

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No competition, one person controls the entire market, can charge whatever they want, can pay workers whatever they want

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Cons of Monopolies

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California, Wyoming, Oregon, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Washington, Kansas, Arizona, Nevada, Montana, Arkansas, Michigan, South Dakota, and Oklahoma

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States that Passed Suffrage rights before the 19th amendment

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Owning every stage of production

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Vertical integration

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Inhaling coal, leather strap around hips made young girls die in childbirth, baskets on head caused bald spots. Children from the age of 5 and up had to work for 12 hours in the dark, surrounded by rats. If they fell asleep, the miners beat them up.

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Problems in the mines

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Illegally transporting alcohol

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Bootlegging

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Created the telephone

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Experts ran different fields of the city

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City Commissioner Plan

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Direct election of Senators

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17th Amendment

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Outlawed creation of monopolies, unions are protected

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Clayton Antitrust Act

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Robber baron/captain of industry, excelled in the oil industry with the help of horizontal integration

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John D. Rockefeller

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Lots of money to give to charity, push technology for better products, provide lots of jobs, and can keep prices low
Pros of Monopolies
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The date the Women's Suffrage Amendment was originally proposed to Congress
1878
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Citizens force a legislature to vote on an law
Initiative
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Robber baron/captain of industry, excelled in the steel industry with the help of vertical integration
Andrew Carnegie
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Wrote The Octopus which exposed monopolistic railroad practices in California.
Frank Norris
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Place immigrants went through on East Coast to become U.S. citizens
Ellis Island
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Jeanette Rankin
First female elected to the House of Representatives
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Robber baron of the railroads
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Model T Ford, Assembly Line
Henry Ford
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Members of the press that investigated corruption in order to expose problems to the American people.
Muchrackers
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Created 12 district Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Act
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Americans could vote in secret without anyone knowing how they voted
Secret ballot
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Alcohol is prohibited to be bought, sold, or transported
18th Amendment
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Good education, safe work environment, efficient workplace, and chance to be politically active
Goals of Progressives
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Meat processing plants must be inspected
Meat Inspection Act
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A fire that happened in a sweatshop where women were trapped inside. 114 workers were killed
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
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A party that believed immigrants had to stay in the country for 21 years becoming a citizen, wanted to ban Catholics, and have no foreigners in public office
No-Nothing Party
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Political, economic, working/living conditions, temperance, and women's suffrage
Major reforms of the Progressive Era
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Markets expand, natural resources, and labor
Characteristics needed for an industrial revolution
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The people vote on a law
Referendum
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Investigated unfair business practices
Federal Trade Act
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Exposed lynching in the South with her book: Southern Horrors. Lynch Law in All Its Phases. Joined forces with NAACP to fight for federal anti-lynching laws
Ida B. Wells
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Now the Senators are elected by the people, not the state legislature
Direct election of Senators
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U.S. President known for being a "trust-buster"
Theodore Roosevelt
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Children workers, lost fingers and limbs in factory equipment.
Problems in the Factories
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Check ship for disease, check people for disease, mental testing, legal inspection, possible name change, and liable to become a public charge
Steps of Ellis Island Process
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Outlawed rebates
Elkins Act
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Secret bar that existed during prohibition
Speakeasies
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Jobs, escape persecution, cheaper to get there, civil wars/conflicts
Reasons why Immigrants came to America
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The rights of a citizen shall not be denied on account of sex
19th Amendment
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Maximum railroad rates
Hepburn Act
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Crowded, poor sanitation, disease, poverty, crime
Problems in cities
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Happened in 1848. First gathering of women's suffrage movement where demands were created. Did not want to be above men, but not below. Did not want rights limited
Seneca Falls Convention
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A law making it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or other countries
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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Induction electric motor
Nikola Tesla
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Morse code, typewriter, sewing machine, refrigerator, sky scrapers, washing machine, and elevator
Inventions of the Gilded Age
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Towns run by company; difficult to leave
Company towns
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Robber baron/captain of industry, excelled in the banking industry with the help of a holding company
JP Morgan
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Eliminate competition
Horizontal integration
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Wrote The Jungle. Helped pass the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act
Upton Sinclair

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