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An empire is a dominating nation with extensive territories and a powerful ruler, such as Rome. Hope this helped!
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d. dividing government powers would prevent an abuse of power.
Progressives sought to break the power of political bosses by reforming the election process. They used direct primary to take the power of choosing candidates away from political machines. Then they pushed for the 17th amendment to give voters the power to elect their senators directly. Finally, progressives urged states to adopt initiative, referendum, and recall.