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9 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 the public office |
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Progressives |
A group of reformers who worked to improve society in the late 1800s |
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Muckrakers |
Journalists who " raked up " the muck or filth of society |
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Seventeenth amendment |
Allowed americans to vote directly for U.S. Senators |
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Initiative |
Allowed voters to propose ne laws by collecting signatures |
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Referendum |
Permitted voters to approve r reject a law that had already been passed |
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Service act |
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Referendum |
Voters can overrule a law |
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Sufferage |
The right to vote { woman } |
