Problem: Politics are being controlled by big business and corrupt political parties. Cheating during elections and stealing taxpayer money is common.
Key Terms that need to be included in your project:
Robert LaFollette
Boss Tweed/Tammany Hall
Government Political Reforms (secret ballot, recall, referendum, initiative, etc.)
17th Amendment
Democracy
Resources:
The Politics of Fraud and Bribery (Answers all 3 questions)
Citation: Author: Diane Hart; Date: 2008; Publisher: TCI
The Rise of the Political Machines (Mostly answers questions #1 and #2 )
Citation: Author: Boyer and Stuckey et al.; Date : 2001; Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Political Machines (Answers question #1)
Citation: Date: 2008; Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing
Robert Lafollette Reading (Answers all 3 questions)
Citation: Author: Diane Hart; Date: 2005; Publisher: TCI
Various Government Reforms (Mostly answers question #3)
Citation: Date: 2017; Publisher: apushcanvas
Essential Research Questions
What was the problem that your activist group was trying to improve? (Standard #1B)
What methods/strategies did they use to try to solve this problem? (Standard #1B)
How effective/successful was this group at creating change and why? (Standard #1A and #1C)
How are activists today trying to solve problems that are similar or related to your topic? (Standard #4)
Modern Day Connections for Question #4: