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Progressive Movement
To many to say
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History
8th Grade
03/20/2014

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Muckraker
Definition
A reporter who uncover secrets
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Progressive
Definition
A person who wants to change society
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Spoils system
Definition
Given job for helping someone get elected
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Kickback
Definition
Money given back after paying with the organizations money
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Political boss
Definition
Someone who uses strategy's like kickback and the spoils system
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Political machine
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A group that controls the actions of a political party
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Merit system
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Promoting a person based off of merit and not favorism
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Civil service
Definition
Government jobs except for elected officials and the military
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Square deal
Definition
A fair and honest arangement or transaction
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Tammy hall
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Decorative political house made for political curuptions
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Tweed courthouse
Definition
The most infamous example of NYC curruption in the New York Court
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The jungle
Definition
An article by: Upton Sinclair about the meat packing industries
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How the other half lives
Definition
Article by: Jacob Riis to inform about the poor people's livings
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Patronage
Definition
Money and support that's given to organizations
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Civil service act of 1883/pendleton act
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End of the spoils system
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Meat inspection act
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Rosevelt busted the trust that protected the meat industries
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Pure food and drug act
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Made food companies show ingredients
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17th amendment
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Senaters would be elected
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18th amendment
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Made alchohal illegal
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19th amendment
Definition
Allowed women to vote in some states
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Direct Primary
Definition
Voters choose two canidates to run for office
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Initiative
Definition
People get to submit a law that we should have
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Referendum
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Citizens get to vote on laws
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Recall
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The voters can kick an official out of office
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Secret ballot
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Voters vote in secret so know one knows who he/she voted for
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Sherman Anti-trust act
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Made more trusts illegal
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James Garfield
Definition
President that was assasinated
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Chester A.Arthur
Definition
Vice president of James Garfield
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Boss tweed
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The man who "stole" the government's money
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Thomas Nast
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The man who made political cartoons about boss tweed
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Ida Tarbell
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Author of Abuses of Big Business
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Upton Sinclair
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Author of The jungle
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Jacob Riis
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Author of The Other Half Lives
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Robert la Follette
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Supporter of the changes in society
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Theodore Roosevelt
Definition
Trust Buster and president
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