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The Progressive Era

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show businesses that take mineral resources from the Earth.  
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show A political machine in New York City  
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Pendleton Act   show
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show A reform movement calling for moderation in drinking alcohol.  
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show A journalist who wrote about social, environmental, and political problems Americans faced in the early 1900's.  
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show The facilities or equipment required for an organization or community to function, including roads, sewage and power systems, and transportation.  
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show An organization consisting of full-time politicians whose main goal was to retain political power and the money and influence that went with it.  
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show The practice of politicians giving jobs to friends and supporters.  
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Civil Service   show
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Hull House   show
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National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)   show
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Tuskegee Institute   show
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show A group formed in 1909 to fight through the courts to end segregation and ensure that African American men could exercise voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment.  
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Progressive   show
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Activist   show
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Recall   show
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show A lawmaking reform enabling citizens to propose and pass a law directly without the state legislature.  
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show A lawmaking reform that allows a law passed by a state legislature to be placed on the ballot for approval or rejection by the voters.  
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show A 1906 federal law that established the Food and Drug Administration to test and approve drugs before they go to market.  
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show The central banking authority of the United States, which manages the nation's money supply.  
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show A constitutional change ratified in 1913 allowing the federal government to impose an income tax.  
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show A constitutional change ratified in 1913 requiring the direct election of senators by popular vote.  
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Eighteenth   show
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Nineteenth Amendment   show
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Third Party   show
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show The protection of wilderness lands from development.  
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show The limited use of natural resources.  
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Graduated Income Tax   show
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Prohibition   show
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The Jungle   show
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