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When you favor people originally in an area over immigrants -
Boss Tweed, the very well known political machine, was a corrupt government official who drew in enough votes to remain in control. -
U.S. citizens were offered up to 160 acres of government land to start farms. -
Helped pave the way to the 19th amendment which gave women the right to vote. -
Prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers. -
There was a violent labor dispute in Pennsylvania. The workers at the steel company went on strike, and the employers fired them all. -
Wells fought for the ban of lynching and other civil rights movements.
Wrote the book Southern Horrors. -
In 1896, gold was discovered in Klondike. This caused people from all over the U.S. to move their in hopes of finding gold. -
People who exposed the truths about society and government. -
Fought to show to terrible working conditions in the meat packing industry and wrote the book, "The Jungle." -
giving citizens the right to propose new laws or amendments without support of the government. -
A vote made by the electoral government on a political issue or proposal of a new law. -
A procedure in which during certain circumstances voters can remove an elected official from office. -
Dubois believed in the right to a higher education for African American people. -
The 16th amendment established congress right to inflict a federal income tax. -
Fought for women's suffrage and advocated for world peace. -
Banned the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol. -
Granted women the right to vote.