US History - Age of Reform

2. one who seeks to break up business trusts
4. a form of election in which voters directly choose a political party's candidates for office
5. monopolies or near-monopolies in the United States during the Second Industrial Revolution
6. state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation
8. a change to the United States Constitution
9. the enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment
10. a person who controls a faction or local branch of a political party
12. gains secured by corruption
13. journalists and novelists of the Progressive Era who sought to expose corruption in big business and government
14. organizations that provided support services to the urban poor and European immigrants

1. a political movement interested in furthering social and political reform, curbing political corruption caused by political machines, and limiting the political influence of large corporations
3. a party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives (such as money or political jobs)
7. a house divided into and rented out as separate residences, especially one that is run-down and overcrowded.
11. the right to vote in political elections