Election Reforms
Progressive Era
Secret Ballot
 Privacy at the ballot box that ensures that citizens can
cast votes without party bosses knowing how they
voted
Initiative
 Allows voters to petition state legislatures in order to
consider a bill desired by citizens
Referendum
 Allows voters to decide if a bill or proposed amendment
should be passed
Recall
 Allows voters to petition to have an elected
representative removed from office
Direct Primary
 Ensures that voters select candidates to run for office,
rater than party bosses
Scientific Management
 Goals:
 Increase Efficiency
 Increase Production
 Increase Profits
Fredrick Winslow Taylor
 Stopwatch as a tool to conduct “time and motion”
 Calculate how long each motion too and then reformulate
to eliminate waste motion
Henry Ford
 Produced Model T more quickly and efficiently, allowing
a cheaper pricetag
 Assembly line, conveyer belt that steadily moved along
the piece of the auto mobile while stationary workers
added element to it
 From 12 hours to 90 minutes per vehicle