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Chapter 8 Vocab
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Something that is painted with gold paint so it looks nice but is cheap on the inside
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Powerful organizations whose only goal was to get their candidates elected to office through any means possible
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Political machine in NYC
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Leader of the political machines
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Boss of Tammany Hall
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Giving jobs to loyal party supporters even if they weren’t qualified
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Set up a merit system for people to get government jobs
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A group of ideas favoring social change
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Allowed voters to choose candidates for public office
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Allowed Americans to vote directly for Senators
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Allows voters to sign a petition asking for a special election to remove an elected official before his term is up
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Allows voters to vote on proposed laws
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Gives voters a chance to vote to accept or reject a law that has been proposed by the state
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A disaster in which 146 immigrant girls died when a fire broke out
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Banned mislabeled and contaminated food and drugs
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Believed that alcohol was evil and the cause of many problems so they wanted to ban it
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Banned the manufacture, sale or distribution of alcohol in the U.S.
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Refers to the period of time after the 19 th amendment made alcohol illegal until the 21 st amendment repealed it
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The right to vote
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Gave women the right to vote
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School founded to provide vocational training for black people
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Pronounced “N – double A – C – P” National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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The protection of nature and its resources
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Created to supervise national parks and monuments
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