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| a nominating election in which voters chose candidates who will later run in the general election. |
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| gives voters the power to initiate or introduce legislation. |
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| Securing a specified number of signatures on a petition to force the legislature to to place a recently passed law on the ballot, to allow voters to approve or veto the measure. |
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| voters remove an elected official from office by calling for a special election. |
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| gave voters the power to elect their senators directly. |
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| successfully ran for mayor of Toledo in 1897, and during his time in office changed many things for the better such as setting a minimum wage, overhauling the police force, and improving municipal buildings. |
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| served as mayor of Cleveland, and during his time made new rules for the police station, released debtors from prison, and supported a fairer single tax system. |
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| served as a county district attorney and as a member of Congress in the late 1800's . He signaled his break with the party machine by refusing a bribe from the party boss. |
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| a reform program that became a model for the other states. |
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| two opposing sides allow a third party to settle a dispute. |
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| Roosevelt's slogan that called for limiting the power of trusts, promoting public health, and safer working conditions. |
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| forbade shipping companies from accepting rebates, or money given back in return for business. |
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| authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to set railroad rates and regulate companies engaged in interstate commerce. |
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| filing suits against "bad" trusts who did such things as forcing companies to give them discounts or rebates, selling inferior products, competing unfairly, or corrupting public official. |
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| required federal government inspection of meat shipped across state lines. |
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| forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of food and patent medicine containing harmful products. |
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| published, The Jungle, a novel about the unsanitary working conditions in a meat packaging factory. |
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| a strong conversationalist who was friends with Roosevelt, and believed that conservation is the key to the future. |
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| making damaged land productive again. |
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| created in 1916 to supervise the parks and monuments. |
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| signaled Taft's weakness on conservation, which made Roosevelt his enemy. He fired Pinchot who was a friend of Roosevelt for attacked Ballanger who sold Alaskan timberland to favor private interests over conservation. |
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| said "no cents for scenery"(against conservation), was an anti-progressive, and ruled the House with an iron fist. |
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| a progressive from Nebraska who fought to break Connon's power by making it so the Speaker of the House could not help elect the Rules Committee. |
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| Why was the Progressive Party called the Bull Moose Party? |
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| Roosevelt declared that the party was as "fit as a bull moose" to run. |
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Wilson-democrat - 435 - 41.9%
T.Roosevelt-progressive - 88 - 27.4%
Taft-republican - 8 - 23.2%
Debs-socialist - 0 - 6% |
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| Won the 1912 election because the votes were split between Taft and Roosevelt. |
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| The socialist party in the 1912 election - did very well - got almost 1,000,000 popular votes. |
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| Created a three-tired banking system. |
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| Roosevelt and the Environment |
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| he created many national parks, and was a strong supporter of conservation. |
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| allowed investigative coperations to stop companies doing shady work. |
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| created an 8 hour from 10 hour work day with no pay reduction. |
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| Keating-Owen Child Labor Act |
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| outlawed the interstate sale of products made by child labor. |
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| National American Women's Suffrage Association(NAWSA) |
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| leading force in suffrage movement - first led by Susan B Anthony, and Elizabeth Stanton. |
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| Alice Paul and Carrie Catt |
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| The two leading suffrage activists. |
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| granted women the right to vote. |
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| allowed the government to enact income taxes based on money earned. |
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| Shot Roosevelt, McKinley and Roosevelt became president. |
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| The introduction of secret ballots(all white) |
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