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12 Cards in this Set
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Progressives |
-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 |
-Journalists who "raked up" and exposed the muck,or filth, of society. |
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Recall |
-to remove someone from political office. |
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Initiative |
-A procedure 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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17th Amendment |
-Allowed Americans to vote directly for U.S. Senators. |
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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire |
-A factory fire that killed 146 workers trapped in the building; led to new safety standard laws. |
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Capitalism |
-An economic system in which private businesses run most industries. |
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Socialism |
-Economic system in which the government owns and operates a country's means of production. |
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Suffrage |
-Voting rights |
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Temperance |
-Abstinence from alcohol drink |
