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gilded age
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time period marked by political corruption and spending.
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graduated income tax
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tax on earnings that charges different rates based on income
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wisconsin idea
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series of progressive reforms introduced by robert la follette
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push factors
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drive people from their homes
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pull factors
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attract immigrants
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spoils system
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practice of rewarding supporters with government jobs
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primary
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election in which voters choose their partys canidates for the general election
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pure food and drug act
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a law that requirers food and drug makers to list ingredient on packages
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public intrest
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the good of the people
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political boss
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powerful political who controls work done locally and demands payoffs from businesses
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trustbuster
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person wo wanted to break all trusts
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initiative
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process by which voters can put a bill directly before the state legislature.
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conservation
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protection of natural resorces
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civil service exam
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where officials have to take a test to get a certain position in government, to get rid of the spoils system.
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temperance
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against alcohol consumption
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suffrage
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the right to vote
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muckrakers
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showed poor people to the public
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referendum
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when people vote directly to bills
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recall
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to take back a product
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Hull House
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settlement house founded by jane Addams in Chicago
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Ellis island
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where immigrants came to become american citizens
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Bull Moose Party
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progressive republicans that supported Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 election.
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16th amendment
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Income tax
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17th amendment
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Direct election of senators
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18th amendment
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prohibition of alcoholic beverages
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19th amendment
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allows women to vote
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chinese exclusion act
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stopped chinese from coming to america
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acculturation
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process of hold on to older traditions while adapting to new cultures
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prejudice
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when you discriminate against someone
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boss tweed
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sole nyers money through corruption
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susan b anthony
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women's rights leader
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Ida Tarbell
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journalist that wrote about standard oil
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Alice Paul
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women rights leader
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WEB DuBois
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black rights leader
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Woodrow Wilson
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reforming education
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John d rockefeller
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owner of standard oil
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Thomas Nast
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toss tweed cartoonist
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Robert La Follette
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Created Wisconsin Idea
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Upton Sinclair
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wrote a book on working conditions through fiction
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Lincoln Steffens
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wrote book on corruption of city government
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Jane adams
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founded hull house in chicago
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William howard taft
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reformer president
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William Jennings Bryan
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reformer president
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Theodore rosevelt
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reformer president
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William McKinley
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president, killed, rosevelt
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