Chapter 22 Lesson 1

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Across
  1. 3. the right of voters to accept or reject laws
  2. 10. powerful groups linked to political parties who would usually control local governments in many cities
  3. 14. oversees the railroad and eventually trucking industries
  4. 17. direct election of senators
  5. 19. group of people that believed government should own resources and operate major industries
  6. 21. included the initiative, referendum and recall as voting reforms
Down
  1. 1. passed to protect against actions or groups that held back normal commerce or trade
  2. 2. required railroads to charge and publish "reasonable and just" rates
  3. 4. artist who exposed William Tweed in his political cartoons in "Harper's Weekly"
  4. 5. investigative reporters who exposed corruption
  5. 6. author who described the horrors of the Chicago meatpacking industry
  6. 7. set up in the Pendleton Act that would give tests for federal jobs and controlled the hiring of federal employees
  7. 8. New York's Democratic political machine in the 1860s and 1870s
  8. 9. a few large companies that control prices for an entire industry
  9. 11. author who exposed the oil trust's unfair practices
  10. 12. thought the government should regulate big business
  11. 13. the right of voters to remove incompetent elected officials from office
  12. 15. the right of voters to place an issue on the ballot in a state election
  13. 16. leader of the American Socialist Party
  14. 18. passed by congress to end the spoils system
  15. 20. William Tweed's nickname
  16. 22. where elected leaders gave government jobs to their supporters, also known as patronage