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8 Cards in this Set
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Political machines |
powerful,orginizations that used both illegal and legal methods to get their candidates to elect the public office
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Progressives |
working to improve society in the late 1800s |
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Muckrackers |
Journalists who "raked up" and exposed the muck or filth of society |
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17th 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 by a government body |
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Robert m. La follette |
Decreased the power of political machines |
