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"muckrakers"
journalists and novelists who wrote about urban corruption and wrongdoing
Robert La Follette
progressive politician; won Wisconsin governorship as independent and oversaw several reforms; later a US senator
Anti Saloon League
political advocacy group founded in 1895; signaled a new phase in the movement to ban the sale of alcohol
Ida Wells-Barnett
eloquent speaker, writer, and civil rights activist who championed anti-lynching legislation
W.E.B. Du Bois
African-American scholar and civil rights leader; author of The Souls of Black Folk
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
major civil rights organization founded during the progressive era
Carrie Chapman Catt
leader of the women's movement; drive for women's suffrage in the early 20th century
Margaret Sanger
founder of birth control movement; leading feminist
Industrial Workers of the World
occasionally radical union discredited by use of violence
Eugene V. Debs
socialist labor leader whose surprising showing in the 1912 presidential election illustrated the growing frustration of many workers
"muckrakers"
journalists and novelists who wrote about urban corruption and wrongdoing
T. Roosevelt
youthful successor to William McKinley in 1901; pushed an agenda of progressive reform
W. Taft
Roosevelt’s hand-picked successor for president; later served as Supreme Court justice
Hepburn Act
legislation that strengthened government power to regulate railroads
National Reclamation Act
sold public land and used the revenues for water management and dam projects
Progressive Party
national third-party formed around Roosevelt’s presidential candidacy in 1912
W. Wilson
Democratic president whose election in 1912 ushered in a second wave of progressive reforms on the national level
Federal Trade Commission
agency to ensure fair trade and practices
Louis Brandeis
jurist who pioneered use of sociology and other social sciences in arguing legal cases