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Political machines |
Powerful organization that used both legal and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to public office |
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Progressives |
We're also working to improve society in the late 1800s |
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Muckraker |
Journalists that would "rake up" and exposed the muck of society |
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17 amendment |
Allowed Americans to vote directly for U.S senators |
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Recall |
Removed |
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Referendum |
Permitted votes to approve or reject a law that had been already proposed or passed by a government body |
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Initiative |
Allowed voters to propose a new law by collecting signatures on a petition |
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Robert M. La Follette |
A Wisconsin republican to reform the state government |