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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 candidates elected to public office. |
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Progressives |
We're also working to improve society in the late 1800's. |
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Muckrakers |
Journalist were nicknamed muckrakers because they "raked up" and exposed the muck, or filth, of society. |
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Seventeenth Amendment |
Which allowed Americans to vote directly for U.S. Senators. |
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Recall |
Or remove |
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Initiative |
A procedure called the initiative allowed voters to propose a new law by collecting signatures on a petition. |
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Referedum |
Another measure, called the Referedum, 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 |
One of the leaders of the effort to reform state government was Wisconsin's Republican governor Robert M. La Follette. |
