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| the period from about 1890 to 1920, during which a variety of reforms were enacted at the local, state, and federal levels |
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| journalist who uncovers wrongdoing in politics or business |
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| court order prohibiting a certain activity |
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| program designed to ensure a basic standard of living for all citizens |
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| relating to a city, as in a municipal government |
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| a system that gives cities a limited degree of self-rule |
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| election in which all citizens vote to select nominees for upcoming elections |
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| a process in which citizens can put a proposed new law directly on the ballot in the next election by collecting voters' signatures on a petition |
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| process that allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by their legislature |
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| a procedure that permits voters to remove public officials from office before the next election |
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| firm that buys up stocks and bonds of smaller companies |
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| a person who favors the preservation of natural resources |
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| Theodore Roosevelt's plan for greater federal regulation of business and workplaces, income and inheritance taxes, and electoral reforms |
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| nickname of the Progressive Party |
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| law passed in 1914 to strengthen the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890; specified big businesses activities that were forbidden |
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| 1914 Commission established by President Wilson and Congress to enforce the Clayton Antitrust Act and set up fair-trade laws |
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| nation's federal banking system, established in 1913 |
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| nonviolent refusal to disobey a law in an effort to change that law |
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
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| organization formed in 1890 to continue the pursuit of women's rights, especially the right to vote |
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| radical organization formed in 1913 and led by Alice Paul that campaigned for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing women's suffrage |
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