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21 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 James Stephen Hogg | formed the Texas Railroad commission |
| reform | changes made to improve something |
| poll tax | tax people must pay in order to vote |
| temperance | avoidance of alcohol |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| primary | an election held to determine who will serve as a political party's candidate in an election |
| trust | group of companies in the same industry that set prices and reduce competition |
| monopoly | company's complete control over a type of product or service in a market |
| populism | political movement of the common people that or service in a market |
| graduated income tax | tax set according to how much a person earns |
| progressiveness | a social reform movement based on improving society through the power of the government |
| blacklist | contains the names of people who are to be not hired (punishment or boycotted) |
| impeach | to bring charges of misconduct against a public official to remove him of her from office |
| segregate | to separate people according to race |
| eighteenth amendment | the amendment that banned alcohol |
| nineteenth amendment | the amendment that gave women the right to vote |
| Texas Equal Suffrage Association | a group that supported women's right to vote |
| Anti-trust laws | laws that make monopolies illegal |
| the grange | a group that gave farmers a social setting in which to share info. about crops and livestock |
| farmers alliance | political organization formed by the grange members and other farmers that quickly spread to the panhandle |
| Texas railroad commission | formed by the Texas legislature in 1891. it put an end to rate fixing and other unfair practices |
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