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| political machine | an organization linked to a political party that often controlled local government |
| patronage | another name for the spoils system, in which government jobs or favors are given out to political allies and friends |
| civil service | the body of non-elected government workers |
| trust | a combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement, especially to reduce competition |
| muckraker | a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in society |
| primary | an election in which voters choose their party's candidate |
| initiative | the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislature for approval |
| referendum | the practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature |
| recall | the right that enables voters to rmove unsatisfactory elected officials from office |
| suffragist | a man or woman who fought for a woman's right to vote |
| prohibition | the forbidding by law of the making or selling of alcoholic beverages |
| trustbuster | someone who breaks up a trust into smaller companies |
| arbitration | settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider |
| square deal | Theodore Roosevelt's promise of fair and equal treatment for all |
| laissez-faire | the policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy |
| conservation | the protection and preservation of natural resources |
| discrimination | unfair treatment of a group, unequal treatment because of a person's race, religion, ethnic background or place of birth |
| barrio | a Spanish-speaking neighborhood in a city, especially in the southwest U.S. |
