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6.1 Progressives

TermDefinition
political machines powerful organizations that used both legal and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to public office
Gilded Age A name for the late 1800s
Progressives reformers who wanted to solve the problems of a fast-growing society in the late 1800s
muckrakers journalists who exposed the corruption
Seventeenth Amendment a law letting Americans vote directly for US. senators
civil service the group of people whose job it is to carry out the work of the government
recall a vote to remove an official before the end of his or her term
initiative procedure allowing voters to propose a new law by collecting signatures on a petition
referendum procedure permission voters to approve or reject a law
Robert M. La Follette Wisconsin governor whose reforms became a model for other states
Tammany Hall/Boss Tweed New York political machine
Ida B. Wells African American journalist. published statistics about lynching
Direct Primary members of a political party can indicate their preference for a candidate
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