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8 Cards in this Set
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Political machines |
Powerful organizations that used both legal and illegal methods to get thier candidates elected to public office |
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Progressives |
Working to improve society in the late 1800s |
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Muckrakers |
nick names for Journalist who "raked up" and exposed muck or filth of society |
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17th amendment |
Which allowed Americans to vote directly for the U.S senators |
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Recall |
A 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 the government |
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Pendleton civil service act |
A law that set up a merit system for awarding federal jobs |
