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11 Cards in this Set
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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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Progressives |
Working to improve society during late 1800s |
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Muckrakers |
They " raked up" and exposed the muck or filth of society |
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Seventeenth amendment |
Allowed Americans to vote directly for US senators |
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Recall |
To remove |
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Initiative |
A procedure that allowed voters to propose a new law by collecting signatures on a petition |
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Referendum |
Permitted voters to approve or reject a law that had already been proposed or passed by a government body |
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Robert M. La Follette |
Decreased powers of political machines |
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Triangle fire |
Lead to laws improving safety standards |
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Capitalism |
An economic system in which private businesses run most industries and competition determines the price of goods |
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Socialism |
A system in which the government owns and operates a country's means of production |
