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Progressivism
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problems aroused a spirit of reform
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mcclure's magazine
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national magazine has been founded in 1893 by the reform minded scots-irish immagrant S.S mcclure
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muchrackers
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they racked up and exposed the muck, or filth of socirty. Walter Lippmann, a young progessive noted in 1914
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Lincoln Steffens
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and claude wetmore, marked the real beginning of this style of journalism.
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ida tarbell.
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born in western pennsylvania in 1857, tarbell daughter of a independed oil producer
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Ray Stannard Baker
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toured the nation examming the plight of afican americans.
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theadore dresier
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depicted workers brutalized by greedy business owners.
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Edith wharton
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wrote 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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argued that the goverment should use its regulatory and taxation powers to promote the welfare of all its citizens.
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Florence Kelley
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worked tirelessly for this cause. She helped presuade the Illinios legislature in 1893 to prohibit child labor
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Triangle Shirtwaist
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fired killed 140 workers
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james a garfield
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as the republican party's presidential canidate
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Chester A Arthur
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the vice presidential nominee
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Pendleton Civil Service Act
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The bill established the civil service commission to administer competitive examinations.
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mugwumps
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the algonquian word for "big chiefs"
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Grover Cleveland
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had national attention when he oppesed tammany hall while governor of New York
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national assocation of the advancment of colored people
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An organization dedicated the ending of racial discrimiation.
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national urban league
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fought for racial equaliity
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society of american indians
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members discussed ways to improve civil rights, education, health,and local goverment
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americanization
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a process of preparing foriegn-born residents of full U.S. citizenship
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W.E.D DU Bois
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he was born in 1868 in great barrington, Massachusetts.
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bill sunday
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a fomrer ballplayer turned presbyterian evanglist, preached that saloons were the pariant of crims
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Frances willard
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headed the WCTU from 1879 to 1898
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prohibition
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a ban on the manufacture, sale,
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