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15 Cards in this Set
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Political Machines |
Powerful organizations that used both legal and illegal methods to get their candidates elected. |
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Progressives |
Tried to solve problems caused by rapid industrialization and urban growth. |
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Muckrakers |
Journalists who "raked up" and exposed the muck of society. |
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Seventeenth Amendment |
Allowed voters to vote directly for U.S. senators. |
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Recall |
Remove |
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Initiative |
A process that allowed voters to propose a new law by collecting signatures or a petition. |
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Referendum |
A measure that 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 |
A leader of the effort to reform state government. |
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Triangle Fire |
A fire that killed 146 workers because of safety issues. |
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Capitalism |
An economic system in which private businesses run most industries. |
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Socialism |
An economic system where the government owns and operates a country's means of production. |
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IWW |
A union that violently pushed for socialism. |
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18th amendment |
Banned production and sale of alcoholic beverages |
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19th amendment |
Granted women the right to vote. |
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NAACP |
National association for the advancement of colored people. |
