| A | B |
|---|
| political machines | jpowerful organizations controlled governments in many cities without being elected |
| patronage | spoils system, people get jobs because they have a friend not knowledge to do the job |
| political boss | ran cities with political machines, ex: Boss William Tweed |
| kickback | an arrangement in which a contractor pays money back to the political boss -- reward for giving them the job |
| civil service | people get jobs after passing a test, proving their ability to do the job |
| trusts | combinations of businesses that control competition |
| Sherman Antitrust Act | passed to stop trusts; used at first to stop labor unions; T. Roosevelt first to use it against big business |
| Interstate Commerce Act | regulated railroad companies |
| Meat Inspection Act | government regulated meat industry; passed as a result of the novel The Jungle being published |
| Pure Food and Drug Act | required labels on food; banned sale of harmful food |
| primary | run off election; identifies who will run in main election |
| initiative | allows voters to put an idea before legislature or voters |
| referendum | gives voters the ability to vote directly on legislation or a spending issue |
| recall | voters can remove an elected official |
| suffragists | people who worked for women getting the right to vote |
| Nineteenth Amendment | gave women the right to vote |
| Prohibition | laws that stopped the making, transporting and selling of alcohol in the U.S. |
| Eighteenth Amendment | also called Prohibition; stopped the making, shipping and selling of alcohol in the U.S. |
| trustbuster | Teddy Roosevelt's nickname; he only wanted to stop bad trusts, however, regulate the good ones |
| arbitration | settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of a third person |
| Suare Deal | promise made by T. Roosevelt to give everyone equal treatment |
| laissez-faire | "let the people choose"; government policy that gave big business power |
| conservation | protection of natural resources |
