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Social Studies
8th Grade
01/06/2016

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Clayton Antitrust Act
Definition
An amendment passed by the U.S congress
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Sherman Antitrust Act
Definition
A land mark federal statute in the history of the United States antitrust law
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16th Amendment
Definition
Allows the federal goverment to levy an income tax from all americans
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17th Amendment
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The senate of the united states shall be composed of the two senators
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18th Amendment
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Prohibited alchoholic beverages from everyone
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Suffrage
Definition
Right to vote in public political elections
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Bull Moose Party
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Progressive party of 1912 named by a quote from Theodore R
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Segregation
Definition
Setting one person as different from another person
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Federal Reserve
Definition
Central Bank of America
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Carry A. Nation
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Was a radical member of the temprance movement
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Susan B. Anthony
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Was a social reformer and feminist
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Direct Primary
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An election that narrows the feild of canidates
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Referendum
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A direct vote in which an entire electore is required to vote
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Initiative
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A potition signed by a certain minimun of numbers
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Muckracker
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Was used to characterized reform minded American journalist in the reforming era
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