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Progressive Era 1
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9th Grade
10/24/2010

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Dates of Progrssive Era
Definition
1890-1920
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Muckrakers
Definition
TR's name for the journalists cleaning up the "filth and manure" of America
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The History of the Standard Oil Company
Definition
by Ida Tarbell, reveals the abuses of the Standard Oil Trust
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"Mother" Jones
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Irish immigrant who organized unions for workers, both men and women, best known for organizing unions in  mines
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Direct Primary
Definition
an election in which citizens vote to select nominees fro upcoming elections
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Initiative
Definition
a process in which citizens can put a proposed new law directly to ballot in the next election by collecting voters' signatures on a petition
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Referendum
Definition
a process that allows a citizen to apporve or reject a law passed by legislature
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Recall
Definition
permits voters to remove public officials from office before the next election
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17th Amendmant
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requires the direct election of senators ratified by states, popular vote
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Robert La Follette
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introduced new ways of running state gov. introduced 'Wisconsin Idea"
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TR's Square Deal
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coal strike, Roosevelt claims he resolved fairly
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16th Amendmant
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gave congress the power  to levy income tax
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18th Amendmant
Definition
prohibited the manufacture and sale of liqor
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Bull Moose Party
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nickname for the Progressive party
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Taft(Replublican), Roosevelt(Progrssive), Wilson(Democratic), Eugen V. Debbs(socailist)

Wilson won

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Election of 1912

 

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Clayton Antitrust Act
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strengthens Sherman Antitrust Act
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Federal Reserve System
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divided the country into twelve districts, each w/ a Federal Reserve bank owned by its members of the banks, supervised by a board reported by the president
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Louis Brandeis
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progrssive lawyer,nominated by Wilson for the supreme court, known for being the "people's lawyer"
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