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Blacklisted

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a list of people that are regarded as unacceptable or untrustworthy and should not be hired.

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William Tweed

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political boss of New York who used corruption to cheat the city out of over $100 million

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Carrie Chapman Catt

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Woman suffrage leader in the early 1900s; president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. She campaigned to pass women's suffrage at both the state and national levels.

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Ida Tarbell

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Leading muckraking journalist whose articles documented the Standard Oil Company's abuse of power

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boycott

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A refusal to buy or use goods and services as a form of protest.

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scabs

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A negative term for Strikebreakers hired by employers as replacement workers when unions went on strike

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recall

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procedure whereby voters can remove an elected official from office

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muckrakers

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a term coined for journalists who "raked up" and exposed corruption and problems of society

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Samuel Gompers

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President of the AFL, he combined unions to increase their strength. Allowed in only skilled workers.

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Seventeenth Amendment

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a constitutional change ratified in 1913 requiring the direct election of senators by popular vote

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Sixteenth Amendment

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Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that authorized Congress to enact a national income tax.

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strike

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a refusal to work organized by a workers as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain concessions from their employer.

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Nineteenth Amendment

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The constitutional amendment adopted in 1920 that guarantees women the right to vote.

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sweatshop

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A shop or factory where workers work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions

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The Women's Christian Temperance Union

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emerged as a national organization dedicated to banning the production, sale and distribution of alcohol.

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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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Pullman Strike

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a nationwide strike in 1894 of rail workers that halted railroads and mail delivery. It was broken by federal troops, which helped to weaken the labor movement.

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Upton Sinclair

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Muckraker who wrote "The Jungle" exposing the poor working conditions by describing the horrors in a meat-packing plant

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Picketing

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The gathering of striking workers at a business site as a sign of protest

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referendum

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a way for citizens to vote on state or local laws

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Knights of Labor

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an American labor organization founded in 1869 to protect the rights of workers. It included workers of any trade, skilled or unskilled (included women and African Americans).

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suffrage

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the right to vote

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Robert La Follette

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Wisconsin's progressive governor that "cleaned up" state government from corruption and big business

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Pure Food and Drug Act

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a 1906 law that requires food and drug makers to list ingredients on packages

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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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primary

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A ballot vote in which citizens select a party's nominee for the general election.

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Booker T. Washington

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African American leader who wanted blacks to focus on education and getting a marketable skill and build themselves up economically. He founded a trade school for African Americans called the Tuskegee Institute.

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collective bargaining

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Negotiations between representatives of labor unions and management to determine pay and acceptable working conditions.

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W.E.B. DuBois

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African American leader (graduated from Harvard) who fought for civil rights. He demanded equality for African-Americans and was a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

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American Federation of Labor

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a labor union founded by Samuel Gompers in 1886 to earn better wages, hours, working conditions. It was only open to independent craft or skilled workers.

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Jacob Riis

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a photographer and writer who took pictures of tenements in overcrowded cities to show how poor the conditions were. Published his photographs in the book "How the Other Half Lives".

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Terrance Powderly

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Founder and leader of the Knights of Labor.

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Eighteenth Amendment

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This amendment was passed in 1919 to eliminate the consumption, manufacture and sale of alcohol.

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Political Boss

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Powerful politicians who were corrupt. They controlled work done locally and demanded payoffs from businesses. They also got people to vote for them by giving favors.

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conservation

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Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment

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spoils system

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A system of public employment (giving government jobs) based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.

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Carrie Nation

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Female temperance movement leader of the late 1800s. Created a sensation by raiding saloons and smashing barrels of beer with a hatchet.

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Progressive President who established national parks and conservation, helped to break up "bad trusts", sent inspectors to meat packing plants, and supported workers in the Anthracite coal strike.

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labor union

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An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members.

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Alice Paul

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a woman suffragist who called for an aggressive and militant approach to winning the vote for women. She was jailed for leading a protest in front of the White House during WWI. She then led a hunger strike in prison to protest their imprisonment.

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Thomas Nast

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A political cartoonist who exposed Boss Tweed, and brought about his arrest and imprisonment in 1871

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