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Chapter 5 vocabulary
Chapter 5 vocabulary history
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Civil Service | jobs in the federal government |
| conservation | the protection and wise use of Earth's natural resources |
| depression | a time when business activity is slow and many people are unemployed |
| gold standard | an economic idea in which all paper money was backed by gold from the United States Treasury |
| inflation | a sharp quick rise in prices |
| muckrakers | writers who expose political and social wrongdoings in business and in government (they got their name because they raked up the muck, or dirt, in American life) |
| National Grange | an organization that promotes laws that are helpful to farmers |
| settlement house | provides poor people with services such as English classes, summer camp for children, and day care for the children of mothers who work |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| third party | a political party other than the two major parties |
| trustbuster | a person who tries to break up and punish business trusts |
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