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| Gilded Age | an era of the late 19th century when a great deal of the wealth was concentrated in the hands of few industrialists |
| robber barons | benefited from the factory and sweatshop workers |
| Populism | a political movement based on the common good for the common people |
| People's Party | political party that sought to represent the interests of farmers and laborers |
| Progressivism | political movement that addressed problems such as slums and government corruption |
| referendum | an opinion issued by the public, usually through the voting process, on a specific issue |
| initiative | political process that allows voters to put issues before voters |
| recall | to remove from public office |
| Seventeenth Amendment | senators are elected by the popular vote |
| Hull House | provided social and educational opportunities for working class people in the neighborhood |
| Muckrakers | journalist who attempted to expose the abuses of business and corruption in politics |
| Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 | first federal law prohibiting the interstate transportation and sale of adulterated food, enacted by Congress |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored Persons | worked to end racism in America |
| Nineteenth Amendment | established the right to voted for women in 1920 |
