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| total control of a type of industry by one person or one company |
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| a two-year school for training high school graduates as teachers |
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| a school that required students to pass certain tests before proceeding on to the next step, or grade |
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| tobacco cured by controlled heat, which turned the leaf yellow |
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| a charge for borrowing money |
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| the amount of commodity available for sale |
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| an organizatoin to help farmers, founded in the late 1800s |
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| a store that bought supplies, such as fertilizer, in bulk, which lowered the cost to the farmers |
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| something pledged to guarantee the repayment of a loan |
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| the amount of currency and coin available for each person in the country |
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| a political party formed in the 1890s that supported the interests of farmers |
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| a member of the Populists and Republican parties that cooperated to elect statewide officials in the late 1890s |
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| the belief that the white race is superior to any other race |
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| water-powered electricity |
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| to lose the right to vote |
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| provided an exception to the literacy requirement for voting; clause stated that any man whose father or grandfather had voted before 1867 could vote anyway, since that family had always done so |
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| the idea that every child, white and black, would have access to better schools |
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| the funding of schools in poorer counties at a greater rate than in the richer counties |
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| a vote of the people on a particular issue |
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| a policy making it illegal to make, possess, or consume alcoholic beverages |
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| a requirement that every child attend school until a specific age, unless there was a family situation that required the child to work |
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| segregation laws that separated the races, particularly in public places like city parks and graded schools |
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| a cluster of housing near a factory that was owned by the company, which also provided stores and schools |
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| writing which exaggerates sensational, dramatic, and gruesome events to attract readers; a type of sensational, biased, and often false reporting |
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| an American tobacco industrialist from Durham |
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| son of Washington Duke; a U.S. tobacco and electic power industrialist |
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| became the first commissioner of agriculture for N.C.; editor of The Progressive Farmer |
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| N.C. governor from 1901-1905; came up with the idea of universal education |
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| made the first powered flight in 1903 at Kitty Hawk on N.C.'s Outer Banks; "First in Flight" |
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| Author of the book, The Jungle, which describes the horrors of the meatpacking industry in Chicago; aim was to gain sympathy for the workers |
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| 26th President of the U.S.; leader of the Progressive Movement |
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| A writer that revealed the unfair practices of the oil trust; her articles led to public pressure for more government control over big business |
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