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| civil service | a system that includes most government jobs, except elected positions, the judicary and the military |
| primary | election in which voters, rather than party leaders, choose their party's candidate |
| recall | a process by which people may vote to remove an elected official from office |
| initiative | a process that allows voters to put a bill before a state legislature |
| referendum | a way for people to vote directly on a propose new law |
| graduated income tax | a method of taxation that taxes people at different rates depending on income |
| muckraker | a term for crusading journalist, they uncovered problems and exposed them |
| trustbuster | person working to destroy monopolies and trust |
| conservation | the protection of natural resources |
| national park | a natural area protected and managed by the federal government |
| Square Deal | Theodore Roosevelt's campaign promise that everyone should have the same opportunity to succeed. |
| William Howard Taft | backed by TR, President in 1908, broke trust, but raised tariffs, changed some conservation policies |
| Woodrow Wilson | Democrat, became president in 1912, defeated both Taft and Roosevelt |
| 16th Amendment | Congress has power to impose a tax on people's income |
| 17th Amendment | provides that senators are directly elected by the people of each state |
| 18th Amendment | Prohibition, banned the making, selling or transporting of alcoholic beverages in United States |
| 19th Amendment | guaranteed women the right to vote |
| Progressives | a diverse group of reformers united by a belief in the public interest, or the good of all the people |
| William McKinley | President from 1897-1901, Republican, assassinated in 1901. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | President, 1901-1909, Republican, first Progressive president |
