| A | B |
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| Bosses | Political leaders who controlled elections through bribery and payoffs |
| Political Machines | Organizations that guaranteed votes through legal and illegal methods |
| Mugwumps | Republicans who left their party to support the Democratic nominee who was supporting reform |
| Pendleton Civil Service Act | Law that made people take a test to hold a government position (merit system) |
| Progressives | Reformers who wanted to change society |
| Muckrakers | Journalists who wrote about and exposed corruption in society |
| Direct Primary | Allowed voters to choose candidates instead of the party leaders |
| 17th Amendment | Allowed voters to vote directly for U.S. senators |
| Recall | Measure that allowed voters to sign a petition to allow voters to remove an elected official from office |
| Initiative | Measure that allowed voters to propose new laws if they were able to collect enough signatures |
| Referendum | Measure that allowed voters to approve or disapprove legislation that was already proposed by the state |
| Wisconsin Idea | Program of reform to decrease the influence of political machines in state governments |
| Ida Tarbell | Female Muckraker who wrote about improper business practices |
| Robert M. La Follette | He came up with the Wisconsin Idea to limit the power of political machines |
| Lincoln Steffens | Muckraker who exposed corruption in city governments |
| Lawrence Veiller | Progressive reformer who helped pass the New York tenement law to outlaw poorly lit and airless apartments |
| Samuel L . Jones | Mayor of Toledo, Ohio who attacked corruption and ran the government like a business |
| Susan Blow | Education reformer who opened the first public kindergarten |
| John Dewey | Educational philosopher who supported early childhood education "made school like home" |
| Joseph McCormack | Medical reformer who helped organize the AMA to support laws protecting public health |
