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Progressivism
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Focused on urban problems, such as the plight of workers, poor sanitation, and corrupt political machines.
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McClure's Magazine
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Founded in 1893, it published stories exploring corruption in politics and business as well as social problems such as slums and child labor.
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Muckrakers
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Investigative journalists who "raked up" and exposed the filth of society.
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Lincoln Steffens
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Published "Tweed Days in St. Louis" in October of 1902 in McClure's magazine.
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Ida Tarbell
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Wrote, "History of the Standard Oil Company" in November of 1902 in McClure's magazine.
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Ray Stannard Baker
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Toured the nation examining the plight of African Americans.
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Theodore Dreiser
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Depicted workers brutalized by greedy business owners in his novels such as "Sister Carrie" and "The Financier".
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Edith Wharton
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Wrote "The House of Mirth" about how the closed-mindedness of elite society leads a good-hearted heroine to social isolation and despair.
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Herbert Croly
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Wrote "The Promise of American Life" to argue that the government should use its regulatory and taxation powers to promote the welfare of all its citizens.
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Florence Kelly
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Reformer who worked tirelessly for the cause of labor laws that would prohibit child labor and improve conditions for female workers.
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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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Where a fire errupted at the Triangle Shirtwaist company in New York, killing more than 140 workers.
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Rose Shneiderman
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A Women's Trade Union League organizer who argued that only a strong working-class movement could bring real change to the workplaces.
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Freedom of contract
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The freedom to negotiate the terms of their employment.
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Muller vs. Oregon
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Case where an employer challenged the 10-hour work day law that Florence Kelly had helped push through Oregon legislature.
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Louis D. Brandeis
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A lawyer who argued in the case of Muller vs. Oregon.
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Closed shop
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A workplace where all employees must belong to a union.
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Socialism
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The system under which the government or worker cooperatives own most factories, utilities, and transportation and communications systems.
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Samuel Gompers
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Reformer for better working conditions who led the AFL from 1900 to 1914.
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International Ladies' Garment Workers Union
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A union that tried to organize unskilled workers.
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Open shop
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Nonunion work place.
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Industrial Workers of the World
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Formed in Chicago in 1905, they opposed capitalism.
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William "Big Hill" Haywood
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Made claims for the working class.
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Lawrence Veiller
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Settlement house worker who attacked irresponsible tenement owners who "for the sake of a large profit on their investments sacrifice the health and welfare of countless thousands."
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Daniel Burnham
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A leading architect and city planner who produced a magnificent plan for redesigning Chicago.
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Prohibition
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A ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.
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Women's Christian Temperance Union
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Lead the crusade against alcohol.
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Billy Sunday
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A former ballplayer turned Presbyterian evangelist, preached that saloons were "the parent of crimes and the mother of sin."
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Frances Willard
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Headed the WCTU from 1879 to 1898.
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18th Amendment
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Barred the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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One of the most influential African American leaders to emerge during the period of racial discrimination.
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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An organization dedicated to ending racial discrimination.
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National Urban League
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Another group that fought for racial equality. They worked to improve job opportunities and housing for urban African Americans.
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Society of American Indians
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A group of 50 American Indians who were mostly middle-class professionals, that discussed ways to improve civil rights, education, health, and local governments.
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Americanization
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Process of preparing foreign-born residents for full US citizenship.
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