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It’s Power Vocab Time 

It’s Power Vocab Time . Muckraker : A journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in society Slum : Poor, crowded, run-down urban neighborhoods Tenement : A building where several families rent rooms, often with little sanitation or safety

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It’s Power Vocab Time 

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  1. It’s Power Vocab Time  • Muckraker: A journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in society • Slum: Poor, crowded, run-down urban neighborhoods • Tenement: A building where several families rent rooms, often with little sanitation or safety • Settlement House: Institution located in poor neighborhoods that provided community services such as medical care, child care, libraries, and English classes.

  2. Gilded Age – The name given to America in the late 1800’s referring to the extravagant wealth and the terrible poverty that lay underneath. • Trustbuster – Someone who breaks up a trust into smaller companies. • Sherman Anti Trust Act – Law passed to break up trusts. • Reform – To change – hopefully for the better. • Primary – An election where voters choose their parties candidate

  3. Initiative – The right of citizens to place an issue before the voters or legislation for approval. • Referendum – The practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature.

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