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Chapter 18
Chapter 18
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History
11th Grade
06/01/2008

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Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Definition
Act passed to strengthen the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. It spelled out what big businesses couldn't do
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Muckrakers
Definition
Writers who exposed the wrongdoings in business and politics
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Home Rule
Definition
A system that gives cities a limited degree of self rule
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Injunctions
Definition
Court orders that prohibited a certain activity (i.e. strikes)
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Social Welfare programs
Definition
Programs which helped ensure a minimum standard of living which included unemployment, accident and health insurance, and the Social Security system
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Direct Primaries
Definition
Voters select their party's candidates
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New Freedom
Definition
Wilson's policy that promoted antitrust modification, tariff revision, and reform in banking and currency matters.
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Initiative
Definition
Voters can put bills before the legislature
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New Nationalism
Definition
Called for business regulation, welfare laws, workplace protection for women and children, income and inheritance tax, and voting reform
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Recall
Definition
Permits voters to remove public officials from office before the next election
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Referendum
Definition
A process that allows citizens to approve of disapprove a law passed by the legislature
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