6.1 The Movement Begin (Progressive Era)

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_____________ founded the American Socialist Party

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Eugene V. Debs

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Which of the following was a corrupt political party boss?
William M. Tweed, Thomas Nast, Eugene V. Debs, Upton Sinclair

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William M. Tweed

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Practice of handing out government jobs to supporters, replacing government employees with the winning candidate’s supporters

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spoils system

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What happened after William Tweed’s corruption ring was exposed by Thomas Nast’s political cartoons?

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Tweed was sent to prison

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Which muckraker exposed the ruthless business practices of monopolists and called for the break-up of large monopolies in the book The History of Standard Oil?

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Ida Tarbell

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Which muckraker revealed the unsanitary conditions of slaughterhouses and led to government regulation of the food industry through The Jungle?

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Upton Sinclair

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The Oregon System introduced important reforms like _____________.

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recalls, referendums, initiatives

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Which is the method by which people may vote to remove an elected official from office?

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Recall

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What is the purpose of the Seventeenth Amendment?

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direct election of senators

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This is the political reform that allowed people to vote directly on a proposed new law

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referendum