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8th Grade
01/12/2010

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muckrakers
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reporters who wrote about corruption
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primary
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when voters choose their party's candidate
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trustbuster
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person who wanted to regulate the major companies
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referendum
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gives the voters the power to make a bill become a law
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suffragists
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people who campaigned for women's right to vote
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Carrie chapman catt
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campaigned for suffrage
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Upton Sinclair
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wrote a book about the meat packing industry
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William Tweed
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cheated New York out of $100 million
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Robert LaFollette
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led the progressive movement in Wisconsin
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W.E.B. DuBois
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founded the NAACP
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Civuil Service Commision
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set up so it can control the spoils system
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Interstate Commerce Commision
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set up to oversee the railroads
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Thomas Nast
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attacked Tweed in cartoon
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Wisconsin Idea
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refers to the reforms that the progressives wanted
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17th Amendment
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allowed the direct election of senators
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Progressive Supported
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direct election of senators, gradulated income tax, and presidental primaries
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Purpose of recall and initiative
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to give the voters more power than the government
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some western states gave them the right to vote
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some western states gave them the right to vote Women in late 1800s
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Women Christian Temperance
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Banned sale of liquor
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Fedral Trade Commission
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set up by Wilson to top companies using unfair busness practices
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to educate black students
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to educate black students Purpose of Tuskegee Institute
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demand rights and end discrimination
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Dubois urged blacks to...
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