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25 Cards in this Set
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progressive movement |
refrom efforts that aimes to restore economic opportunitioes and correct injustices in American |
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FLorence Kelly |
became an advocate for improving the lives of women and children |
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prohibition |
the banning of alcoholic beverages |
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muckrackers |
journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business |
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scientific management |
uses of time and motion studies to improve efficiency |
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Robert M. La Follette |
republican leader of wisconson, served three terms as governer before he entered the U.S senate |
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initiative |
a bill originated by the people rather than lawmakers--on the ballot |
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referendum |
a vote on the initiative |
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recall |
enabled voters ro remove public officials from elected positions them to face another election before the end of their term if the voters asked for it |
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17th Amendment |
made direct election of senators the law of the land |
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National Association of Colored Women |
founded in 1896 by merging earlier organizations, ` |
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Susan B. Anthony |
a leading proponent of woman sufferage |
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sufferage |
the right to vote |
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National American Woman Suffrage Association |
united with the NWSA to form in 1890 to help with getting women the right to vote |
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Upton Sinclair |
muckracking journalist, his focus was the human condition in the stockyards of Chicgo |
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The Jungle |
1906, described the sickening conditions of the meatpacking industry |
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Theodore Roosevelt |
president who was sickened by the account and invited Sinclair to the White House |
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Square Deal |
the various progressive reforms sponsered by the Roosavelt admnistration |
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Meat Inspection Act |
directed strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers and created the program of federal meat inspection |
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Pure Food and Drug Act |
1906, halted the sale of contaminated food and medicines and called for truth in labeling |
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conservation |
some areas of wilderness would be preserved |
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NAACP |
national association for the advancement of colored people, aimed for full equality among races |
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Gifford Pinchot |
head of the US Forest service under President Roosevelt |
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William Howard Taft |
ran against William Jennings Bryan in the 1908 election |
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Payne-Aldrich Tariff |
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