Progressive Era

5. Steffens, American investigative journalist and one of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era
7. Dix, tried to help the mentally ill by getting them better treatment
12. Chemical in meat
14. 32nd president
16. power reserved to the voters that allows the voters, by petition, to demand the removal of an elected official
17. Primary, functions as a preliminary election whereby voters decide their party's candidates
22. Mann, pushed for education
24. Unions, Developed to help workers in sweatshops get better conditions, shorter hours and higher wages
25. greed
28. Hall, New York City political organization founded in 1786
29. reform-minded journalists

1. Outlawed alcohol
2. Phillips, an American novelist and journalist of the muckraker tradition.
3. privilege to vote
4. Taft, Tammany Hall was his headquarters
6. Tarbell, "best" muckraker
8. attached to the side of the Clerk's desk in the Chamber
9. the improvement or amendment of what is wrong
10. McKinley, 25th president of the United States
11. machines, commands enough votes to maintain political and administrative control of a city, county, or state
13. direct vote by the electorate on a particular proposal or issue
15. Chemical in meat
18. Riis, journalist and social reformer who publicized the crises in housing, education, and poverty
19. Sinclair, prolific American novelist and polemicist for socialism, health, temperance, free speech, and worker rights
20. Era, period of widespread social activism and political reform
21. Ballot, voting method in which a voter's identity in an election or a referendum is anonymous
23. people have the right to propose a new law
26. tax, imposed on individuals or entities
27. Wilson, 28th president