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| powerful organizations that used noth legan and illegal methods to get their candidates elected to public office. |
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| group of reformers working to improve society in the late 1800s. |
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| journalists that raked up and exposed muck and filth of society. |
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| allowed Americans to vote directly for US senators |
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| a procedure that allowed voters to propose a new law by collecting signatures on a petition |
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| permitted voters to approve or reject a law that had already been proposed or passes by a government body |
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| a Republican governor who used his efforts to reform state governments. Came up with the Wisconsin Plan |
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| Main goal of the political machines? |
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| to gain control over local governments |
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| worksers' compensation laws |
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| guaranteed a portion of lost wages to workers that were injured on the job |
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| economic system in which private businesses run most industries and competition determines the prices |
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| system in which the government owns and operates a country's means of production |
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| Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) |
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| banning the production, sale, and transprotation of alcohol |
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| organization founded to promote woman's suffrage |
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| granting the American women the right to vote |
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| organization that called for economic and educational equality for African Americans |
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| law prohibiting the manufacturing, sale, and transport of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs |
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| protection of nature and its resources |
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| Followers of Theodore Roosevelt |
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| allowed federal government to impose direct taxes on citizens' incomes |
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