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13 Cards in this Set
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Progressives |
Were also working to improve society in the late 1800s. |
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Political Machines |
Powerful organizations that used both legal and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to public office. |
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Muckrakers |
These jounalists were nicknamed Muckrakers because the "raked up" and exposed the muck, or filth, of society. |
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Recall |
Recall or remove |
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Initiative |
A procedure called the initiative allowed voters to propose a new law by collecting signatures on a petition. |
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Refrendum |
Another measure, called the Referendum, permitted voters to approve or reject a law that had already been proposed or passed by a governed body. |
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17th Amendment |
Which allowed Americans to vote directly for U.S. Senators. |
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Pendleton Act |
More than 10% of government job applicants had to pass an exam before they could be hired. |
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Woman Suffrage |
The right to vote |
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19th amendment |
Womens right to vote suffrage |
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Temperence |
Attemped to restrict the consumption of alcoholic beverages. |
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18th amendment |
Called PROHIBITION, banned the manufacture sale, and transport of "intoxicating berverages," ratified in 1919. |
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