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Chapter 21 - The Progressive Movement

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Progressives   Believed society had an obligation to protect all of its members and focused on helping those with little power or wealth  
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political machines   powerful organizations linked to political parties that controlled local government in many cities  
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political bosses   the heads of political machines  
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Tammany Hall   The New York City Democratic Party political machine that became a symbol of corruption  
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Boss Tweed   The head of Tammany Hall. Eventually sent to prison for corruption.  
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spoils system   the rewarding of political supporters with jobs and favors.  
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Sherman Antitrust Act   the first federal law to attempt to control trusts and monopolies  
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socialists   believed a nation's resources and major industries should be owned and operated by the government on behalf of the people  
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muckrakers   people who brought to light the underlying problems and corruption in society  
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Ida Tarbell   muckraker who focused her writings on the practices of the Standard Oil Company  
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Upton Sinclair   muckraker who wrote The Jungle, which described the horrors of the meatpacking industry. Led to the Meat Inspection Act  
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initiative   allowed citizens to place a measure or issue on the ballot in a state election  
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referendum   gave voters the opportunity to accept or reject measures that the state legislature enacted  
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recall   allowed voters to remove unsatisfactory elected officials from their jobs.  
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Seventeenth Amendment   mandated the direct election of senators by the people (before this, senators had been chosen by state legislators)  
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suffrage   the right to vote  
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suffragists   men and women that fought for women's suffrage  
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Nineteenth Amendment   allowed for women's suffrage  
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prohibition   the passing of laws to prohibit the sale or manufacture of alcohol  
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Eighteenth Amendment   Prohibited the manufacture or sale of alcohol (The Prohibition Amendment)  
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trustbuster   nickname of Theodore Roosevelt because of his push to break up bad trusts  
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conservation   the protection and preservation of natural resources  
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Sixteenth Amendment   gave Congress the power to tax people's income (Income Tax)  
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