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U.S History

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show Movement that respond to the pressures of industrialization & urbanization by promoting reforms  
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show Writer who uncovers & exposes misconduct in politics or business.  
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Social Gospel   show
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Settlement house   show
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Direct Primary   show
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Initiative   show
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show Process that allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by a legislature.  
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show process by which voters can remove elected officials from office before their term ends  
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National Consumers League (NCL)   show
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show aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and the problems created by it  
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Suffrage   show
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show group formed in 1890 that worked on both the state and national levels to earn women the right to vote  
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show constitutional amendment that provided women the right to vote  
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Americanization   show
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show Group of African American thinkers founded in 1905 that pushed for immediate racial reforms, particularly in educational & voting practices  
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show Interracial organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation & discrimination & to achieve political & civil rights for African Americans  
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show Network of churches and clubs that set up employment agencies and relief efforts to help African Americans get settled and find work in cities.  
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Anti-Defamation League   show
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show organized groups of Mexican Americans that make loans and provide legal assistance to other members of their community.  
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Square Deal   show
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show 1906 law that gave the government the authority to set railroad rates and the maximum prices for ferries, bridge tolls, and oil pipelines.  
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show 1906 law that allowed the feral government to inspect meat sold across state lines &required federal inspection of meat processing plants  
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show 1906 law that allowed federal inspection of food and medicines and banned the interstate shipment and sale of impure foods and mislabeling of food and drugs.  
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National Reclamation Act   show
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show President Theodore Roosevelt's plan to restore the governments trust-busting power  
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show Political party that emerged from the Taft-Roosevelt battle that split the Republican party in 1912  
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show Woodrow Wilson's program to place government controls on corporations in order to benefit small businesses  
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show 1913 constitutional amendment that gave Congress the authority to levy an income tax  
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Federal Reserve Act   show
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Federal Trade Commission   show
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show 1914 law that strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act  
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