Chapter 19; section 1

Question 0

17th Amendment

Answer 0

Gave voters the power to elect their senators directly.

Question 1

Direct Primary

Answer 1

A nominating election in which voters choose the candidates who later run in a general.

Question 2

Initiative

Answer 2

Gave voters the power to initiate, or introduce, legislation.

Question 3

Reeferendum

Answer 3

A companion to the initiative.

Question 4

Recall

Answer 4

Enables voters to remove an elected official from office by calling for a special election.

Question 5

Samuel M. Jones

Tom Johnson

Answer 5

2 of the most successful reform mayors were elected in Ohio. They both were self made men who made there fortunes early in life. Then in there midlifes they traded business for politics.

Question 6

Robert M. La Follette

Answer 6

He began his political career as a loyal republican. However, he soon found himself at odds with Wisconsin’s republican political machine, which was dominated by railroad and lumber interests. He signaled his break from the political machine when he refused a bribe from a boss.

Question 7

Wisconsin Idea

Answer 7

1st= his efforts for two years, he refused to accept a compromise.
La Follette declared that “NO BREAD is often better than HALF A LOAF” He the urged the state legislature to increase taxes on railroads and public utilities- electric, gas, and streetcar companies- & too create commissions to regulate these companies in the public interest.