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Direct Primary
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• In 1902, the state of Mississippi adopted this
  political reform to break the power of "political
  machines" in selecting who would run in an
  election.

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Pure Food and Drug Act
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• Congress made it illegal to manufacture, sell, or
  transport unhealthy food and patent medicines
  when it passed this law.

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A referendum
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• Using this, the voters of a state can have a law
  placed on a ballot for the voters to approve or
  reject.

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17th Amendment
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• The right of Americans to vote their U.S.
  Senators was secured with the passage of this
  Amendment.

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Mann-Elkins Act
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• When passed in 1910, this act extended the powers
  of the Interstate Commerce Commission over
  telephone, telegraph, cable, and wireless
  companies.

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Smith-Lever Act
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• To provide federal money to help improve
  educational programs in the rural areas of
  America, Congress enacted this legislation in
  1914.

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Theodore Roosevelt
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• He viewed the presidency as a "bully pulpit" by
  which to speak out for needed reforms.

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Wisconsin
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• As a progressive governor, Robert La Follette
  made this state a "laboratory of democracy."

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Gifford Pinchot
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• President Taft angered the conservationists when
  this Chief of the Forest Service was fired for
  opposing the sale of government coal lands to
  private interests.

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Eugene V. Debs
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• As candidate for the Socialist Party in the
  presidential elections of 1912, he received over
  a million votes.

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Chicago
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• In 1889, Jane Addams opened Hull House in the
  slums of this city to provide social services to
  immigrants.

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Booker T. Washington
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• A storm of criticism swept through the South
  after President Roosevelt invited this famous
  black leader to lunch at the White House.

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Coal
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• A labor strike in this industry in 1902
  threatened the nation as winter approached,
  forcing President Theodore Roosevelt to step in
  to settle the dispute.

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Orville and Wilbur Wright
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• These two brothers in 1903 became the first to
  put a powered machine into the air which flew for
  a distance of about 120 feet.

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Joe Cannon
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• A revolt in the House of Representatives by
  progressives stripped this Speaker of the House
  (known as Uncle Joe) of many of his powers over
  House appointments.

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Galveston
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• In 1900, this city in Texas adopted a commission
  form of government after it had been destroyed
  by a hurricane.

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Five dollars
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• Henry Ford stunned the business world in 1914
  when he announced that he would pay his employees
  this amount for an eight-hour day.

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Birth of a Nation
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• Night after night in 1914, people went to see
  this film directed by D.W. Griffith which
  portrayed the beginnings of America.

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Muckrakers
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• The term used for such progressive writers as
  Lincoln Steffens and Upton Sinclair who wrote
  about Americas problems.

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The Jungle
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• This book by Upton Sinclair eventually led to the
  passage of the Meat Inspection Act.

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Standard Oil
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• Ida Tarbell wrote about how this company owned by
  John D. Rockefeller controlled 90 of the oil
  industry.

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Lincoln Steffens
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• This author in his book The Shame of the Cities
  exposed the corruption and graft in some of
  Americas major cities.

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The Octopus
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• Frank Norris wrote this novel in which he exposed
  the railroads control over the political and
  economic life of the farmer.

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Jack London
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• This famous American author warned in his book
  Revolution that unfair business practices could
  lead to a revolt that would wipe out private
  capitalism.

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Pure Food and Drug Act
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• The Progressives supported the passage of this
  act in 1906 to protect the public from food and
  patent medicines with harmful ingredients.

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Hepburn Act
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• This act passed in 1906 allowed federal
  government regulation of the nation's railroads.

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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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• Under this anti-trust act passed in 1890, it was
  illegal for businesses to operate in "restraint
  of trade."

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The 16th Amendment
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• This Amendment ratified in 1913 established a
  federal income tax.

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Federal Reserve Act
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• The passage of this law in 1913 made it possible
  to put more money into circulation or to withdraw
  money from circulation according to the needs of
  the economy.

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Underwood Tariff
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• Passage of this in 1913 reduced tariffs more than
  any tariff had in the previous fifty years.

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Jim Carrey
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• This comedian started in such films as The
  Truman Show, The Mask, and Dumb and
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Bruce Willis
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• He starred in such films as Die Hard, The
  Jackal, and The Sixth Sense.

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Nicolas Cage
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• His films include Leaving Las Vegas, Con Air,
  and Peggy Sue Got Married.

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Samuel Jackson
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• This black actors list of films includes Star
  Wars Phantom Menace, Pulp Fiction, and
  Unbreakable.

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Pierce Brosnan
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• He was in the films Mrs. Doubtfire, Golden
  Eye, and Mars Attacks.

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Drew Barrymore
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• Her films include Charlies Angels, Never Been
  Kissed, and Scream.

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Mars
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• The name of this planet is also the name of a
  candy bar.

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Earth
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• The Latin word for this planet is Terrain.

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Venus
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• The thick atmosphere on this planet is mostly
  carbon dioxide. A runaway greenhouse effect on
  this world makes it the hottest planet in the
  solar system.

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Mars and Jupiter
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• The asteroid belt lies between these two planets.

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Jupiter
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• This planet was named after the chief Roman god,
  identified with the Greek god Zeus.

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Uranus
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• The tilt of this planet is 97 degrees, so it
  orbits the sun nearly lying on its side.