US History Unit 3 Progressive Era Reform

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initiative

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a procedure by which voters can propose a law or a constitutional amendment

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laissez-faire

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idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs

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muckraker

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journalist who searched for corruption in politics and big business

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populist

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a supporter of the rights and power of the people

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recall

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a procedure for submitting to popular vote the removal of officials from office before the end of their term

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reform

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to change in order to improve

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progressive

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a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

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Prohibition

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a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; the 18th Amendment

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segregation

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enforced separation of races

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suffrage

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the right to vote