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How did Boss Tweed keep his power?   he used bribes, threats & corruption  
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What did Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle accomplish?   it exposed unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry  
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16th Amendment   Created the income tax  
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17th Amendment   Direct election of Senators  
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18 th Amendment   Prohibition – prohibited (forbid) the manufacture and sale of alcohol  
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19 th Amendment -   Gave women the right to vote  
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Ida Tarbell   Exposed Standard Oil Trust as being corrupt  
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Initiative   voters can propose laws  
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Square Deal   Teddy Roosevelt’s plan to pass reforms that were fair and equal for everyone  
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Federal Reserve Act   Created the modern banking system  
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Clayton Anti-Trust Act   clearly defined trusts and outlawed them  
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Jane Addams and Hull House   Settlement for immigrants to help them assimilate in American culture – Hull House was created by Jane Addams  
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Recall   Voters can elect an official out of office  
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Thomas Nast -   Political cartoonist who exposed corrupt political leaders like Boss Tweed  
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Muckrakers   People who exposed corruption using writing, journalism or photographs  
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Lillian Wald   Started first visiting nurses settlement house  
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Carry Nation -   Led campaign for prohibition  
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Carrie Chappman Catt   President of NAWSA when 19 th Amendment passed.  
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Charlotte Perkins Gillman   Writer who wanted women to be free from housework to pursue a career  
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Susan B. Anthony   President of NAWSA & spoke at Seneca Falls Convention – fought for women’s suffrage  
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton   (Seneca Falls Convention) led women’s suffrage movement & wrote original wording for 19 th Amendment  
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Pendelton Civil Service Act   People were hired for federal government jobs based on performance on civil service exams.  
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