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31 Cards in this Set
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progressiveness
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wanted to cure industrial problems
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muckrakers
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they exposed the filth in society
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lincoln steffens
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a journalist who was a muckraker
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ida tarbell
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she wrote the history of standard oil
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ray stannard baker
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he toured the nation looking at the blacks.
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theodore dreisesr
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writer who told about how workers were brutalized by owners
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edith wharton
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wrote the house of mirth
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herbert croly
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said that govt should use regulation and taxation to promote welfare for all
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florence kelley
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a reformer who worker for labor laws
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triangle shirtwaist fire
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a factory caught on fire and 140 people burned
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freedom of contract
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the freedom to negotiate the terms of employment
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mullen vs. oregon
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an employer challanged the 10 hour workday law
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Louis brandeis
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he was a lawyer in the muller vs oregon case
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closed shop
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a workplace where all the employs have to be in a union
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socialism
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the system where the govt owned alot of things
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samuel gompers
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the leader of the AFL
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ILGWU
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It tried to unite unskilled women workers
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open shop
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nonunion workplace
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IWW
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this group opposed capitalism
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William haywood
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the IWW leader who made claims for the working class
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lawrence veiller
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a settlement house worker who wanted to improve housing
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daniel burnham
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a architect for chicago
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prohibition
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the ban of alcohol
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WCTU
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They said that alcohol was bad and that it needed to be banned
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Frances Willard
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he headed the WCTU
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Eighteenth amendment
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banned the sale of alcohol
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WEB du Bois
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An influential african american leader
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NAACP
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the advancement of colored people's group
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national Urban League
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in fought for racial equality
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Society of american indians
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middle class indians who formed to discuss problems in our country
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Americanization
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the process of preparing foreign born residents for citizenship
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