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| Wrote about diseased cows being sluaghtered for meat and dead rats being shoved into suasage grinding machines. |
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| attracts people to a country |
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| a business leader who has fortune and contributes to the Nation. |
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| a company that dominates and controls an industry |
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| country that has conditions that make people want to leave |
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| a muckraker known for writing the history ofthe standard oil company |
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| a capitalist who became wealthy by unethical means and exploitaion |
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| a journalist who went undercover to investigate the brutality and neglect at an insane asylum |
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| photogropher and journalist who documented the poor living conditions in NYC slums and child labor in factories |
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| militarism, Alliances, imperialism, and nationalism |
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| The practice of using a loan to buy stocks |
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| "Black Blizzard" april 14th 1935 cuased many to migrate |
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| October 29, 1929, a record 16.4million shares were sold compared to the avg. of 4miliom |
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| french phrase for "hands off" |
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| Social Security Act-gives elders checks every month |
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| Agricultural Adjustment Act- government paid farmers tokill crops and cattles |
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| Civilian Conservation Corps: help build stuff for a $1 a day/ fee living. |
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| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Insures people's money in banks up to 85,00 |
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| to entice custormers, many credit card companies offer $0 or low APR for the first few months |
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| APR that does not change during the life of a credit card |
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| Extra money tacked on to your balance each month everytime your total balance isnt payed |
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| Annual percentage rate of balcance that turns into interest |
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