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How were city politics?
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Very corrupt, and dirty. Progressives made secret ballad, and made laws to get rid of the City Boss' tricks.
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What is a direct primary?
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Election in which voters choose party nominees
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What is initiative?
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Propose law, enough ppl sign it will get on ballad.
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What is a referendum?
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When you get the law passed and on a ballad.
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What is a recall?
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When voters can remove elected official from office.
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Why was the period from 1870 to 1890 called the Gilded Age?
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Because people worried that the glitter of American society was false. They worried that it was covered with a thin layer of gold. Gilded means coated in gold.
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What major change did the Pendleton Act put into place?
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It created the Civil Service Commission. Jobs had to be applied for rather than getting them through the spoils system.
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What was the intended purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act? How was it actually enforced?
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It was supposed to keep business from limiting or destroying competition. It actually was used to rule against the unions and not businesses since judges favored trusts.
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Who were the progressives and what were their goals?
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a diverse group of reformers who believed in the public interest. They did not think that the public should suffer just so a few businesses and people could get rich.
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what were the 4 political reforms put into place to fight corruption?
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direct primary, initiative, referendum, recall
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