Voting Reforms and Women's Suffrage

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Suffrage is -

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the right to vote

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What do reforms like initiatives, referendums, and recalls attempt to do?

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give the people more power over the government

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17th Amendment

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Direct Election of Senators

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What do you call a change to the Constitution?

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amendment

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____________ are changes for the better.

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Reforms

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During the suffrage movement, _________ fought for equality and the right to vote.

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women

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The _______ amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote in the year 1920

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19th

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Definition: election where voters choose their party's candidates

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Direct Primary

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Definition: voters can propose laws by petition

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Initiative

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Definition: allows voters to remove elected officials from office

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Recall