Progressive Era vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 CIVIL SERVICE | all federal jobs except elected positions and the armed forces |
| PRIMARY | election in which voters elect their party's candidate for the general election |
| RECALL | process by which voters can remove an elected official from office |
| MUCKRAKER | journalist who exposed corruption and other problems of the late 1800's and early 1900's |
| SUFFRAGISTS | person who campaigned for women to get the right to vote |
| PROHIBITION | ban on manufacturing, sale and transportation of liquor anywhere in the U.S. between 1920 and 1933 |
| PATRONAGE | practice of giving jobs to loyal supporters |
| INITIATIVE | process by which voters can put a bill directly through to the state legislature by collecting signatures on a petition |
| REFERENDUM | process by which PEOPLE vote directly on a bill |
| GRADUATED INCOME TAX | tax on earnings that charges different rates for different income levels |
| TRUSTBUSTER | person who wanted to end trusts |
| CONSERVATION | protection of natural resources |
| ANTI-SEMITISM | prejudice against Jews |
| PROGRESSIVE | reformer who wanted to bring about change in American life in the late 1800's and early 1900's |
| REFORMER | someone who wanted to make changes in society |
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