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Ch. 19 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Civil Service | a system that includes most government jobs, except elected positions, the judiciary, and the military. |
Primary | an election in which voters, rather than party leaders, choose their party's candidates. |
Recall | a process by which people may vote to remove an elected official from office. |
Initiative | a process that allows voters to put a bill before a state legislature. |
Referendum | a way for people to vote directly on a proposed new law. |
Graduated Income Tax | a method of taxation that taxes people at different rates depending on income. |
Muckraker | a term for a crusading journalist. |
Trustbuster | a person working to destroy monopolies and trusts. |
Conservation | the protection of natural resources. |
National Park | a natural area protected and managed by the federal government. |
Suffragist | people who worked for women's right to vote. |
Prohibition | a ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol. |
Lynching | murder by a mob. |
Parochial School | schools sponsored by a church |
Anti-Semitism | prejudice against Jews. |