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Chapter 8 Vocab.  Something that is painted with gold paint so it looks nice but is cheap on the inside.

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1 Chapter 8 Vocab

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3  Something that is painted with gold paint so it looks nice but is cheap on the inside

4  Powerful organizations whose only goal was to get their candidates elected to office through any means possible

5  Political machine in NYC

6  Leader of the political machines

7  Boss of Tammany Hall

8  Giving jobs to loyal party supporters even if they weren’t qualified

9  Set up a merit system for people to get government jobs

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11  A group of ideas favoring social change

12  Allowed voters to choose candidates for public office

13  Allowed Americans to vote directly for Senators

14  Allows voters to sign a petition asking for a special election to remove an elected official before his term is up

15  Allows voters to vote on proposed laws

16  Gives voters a chance to vote to accept or reject a law that has been proposed by the state

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18  A disaster in which 146 immigrant girls died when a fire broke out

19  Banned mislabeled and contaminated food and drugs

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21  Believed that alcohol was evil and the cause of many problems so they wanted to ban it

22  Banned the manufacture, sale or distribution of alcohol in the U.S.

23  Refers to the period of time after the 19 th amendment made alcohol illegal until the 21 st amendment repealed it

24  The right to vote

25  Gave women the right to vote

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27  School founded to provide vocational training for black people

28  Pronounced “N – double A – C – P”  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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30  The protection of nature and its resources

31  Created to supervise national parks and monuments


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