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social studies chap. 19
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Parachial School
schools sponsered by a church
Aint-Semitism
prejudice against jews
initiative
a process that allows voters to put a bill before a state legislature
recall
a process by which people may vote to remove an elected official from office
Civil Service
a system that includes most goverment jobs, except elected positions, the judiciary, and the
military
Muckraker
A term for a crusading journalist
Lynching
a murder by a mob
suffragist
people who worked for women's right to vote
National Park
a natural area protected and managed by the federal government
Primary
an election in which voters, rather than party leaders, choose their party's candidates.
Prohibition
ban on the sale and consumtpion of alchohal
Referendum
a way for people to vote directly on a propsed law
Conservation
The protection of natural resources
trust buster
a person working to destroy monopolies and trusts.
graduated income tax
a methof of teaxation that taxes people based on their rates, depneding on their income.