Key Vocabulary 1
An organized group that controlled politics through patronage, bribery, and favors.
Political Machine
A company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enter its facilities to work.
Lock-out
Co-founder of the NAACP and the Niagara Movement; argued for immediate civil rights and higher education.
W. E. B. Du Bois
Outlawed the manufacturing, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages.
18th Amendment
A process letting voters remove an elected official before their term ends.
Recall
Process at which employees negotiate as a united group.
Collective Bargaining
Wisconsin governor/senator; champion of the "Wisconsin Idea," anti-lobbying and anti-bribery laws, and the direct primary.
Robert La Follette
Prohibits federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
15th Amendment
Voting privately to prevent bribery and intimidation at the polls.
Secret Ballot
A process letting citizens vote directly on a proposed law.
Referendum
Author of "The Jungle," which exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry.
Upton Sinclair
21st Amendment
A group of companies combined to reduce competition and control an entire industry.
Trust
A process letting citizens propose new laws directly.
Initiative
Muckraking journalist whose investigation exposed the monopolistic practices of Standard Oil.
Ida Tarbell
Voters directly elect U.S. senators.
17th Amendment
A journalist who investigated and exposed corruption, corporate abuse, or social problems.
Muckraker
An election where voters, not party bosses, choose candidates to run for office.
Direct Primary
President who pursued the "Square Deal", regulating trusts, protecting consumers, and conserving natural resources.
Theodore Roosevelt
American women are guaranteed the right to vote.
19th Amendment