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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 their candid items elected to public offices |
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Progressives |
Working to improve society |
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Muckrakers |
"Raked up" and exposed the muck of society |
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Seventeenth Amendment |
Allowed Americans to vote directly for U.S senators |
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Recall |
Remove |
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Initiative |
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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Robert M. La follette |
Decreased the power of political machines |
