Progressives

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Political machines

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A political machine is a political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses (usually campaign workers), who receive rewards for their efforts.

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Progressives

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Working to improve society in the late 1800's

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muckracker

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The term muckraker refers to reform-minded journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines and continued a tradition of investigative journalism reporting; muckrakers often worked to expose social ills and corporate and political corruption.

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seventeenth Amendment

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The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. The amendment supersedes Article I, § 3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures.

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Recall

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Or remove

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Initiative

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the ability to assess and initiate things independently.

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referendum

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a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision.

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Robert M. La Follette

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Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette, Sr. was an American Republican politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin, and was also a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin. Wikipedia

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Triangle Fire

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The fire triangle or combustion triangle is a simple model for understanding the necessary ingredients for most fires. The triangleillustrates the three elements a fire needs to ignite: heat, fuel, and an oxidizing agent (usually oxygen).

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Capitalism

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an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

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Socialism

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a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

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Industrial workers of the world

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The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), members of which are commonly termed "Wobblies", is an international, radical labor union that was formed in 1905.

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18th amendment

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"The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibited the manufacture, sale, transport, import, or export of alcoholic beverages. Upon ratification of the amendment by the states, Congress voted its approval in October 1919, and enacted it into law as the National Prohibition Act of 1920.

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19th amendment

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The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. It was ratified on August 18, 1920.

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NAACP

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The NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is a civil rights organization founded in 1909 to fight prejudice, lynching, and Jim Crow segregation, and to work for the betterment of "people of color."