Question | Answer |
election where citizens vote to select nominees for the upcoming election. eventually leads to the 17th amendment-direct election of senators | direct primary |
allows the citizens to approve or reject a law passed by legislation | referendum |
citizens can put a proposed new law directly on the ballot in the next election, by collecting voters signature on petition | initative |
permits voters to remove public officals from office before next election, by holding a new election | recall |
direct election of senators | 17th amendment |
city governtments proposed by the progressives | commission plan, council manager system |
city divided into departments,each one under an expert commissioners control | |
you must take a test to show you are qualified for a government job | civil service |
NAACP | National Association fot the Advancement of Colored People |
founded settlement houses and social work | Jane Adams |
people who used some type of media to make the general public aware of these problems(overcrowding,disese, lack of proper housing,fire hazard, crime)were not involved in these issues but to expose them | muckrakers |
strengthened Sherman Anti-trust act, stated that unions and agricultural organizations were no longer subject to the Sherman Anti-trust act therefore declared unions legal | Clayton Anti-trust act |
settlement negotiated by a 3rd outside party | arbitration |