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21 Cards in this Set
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Progressivism
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Reform movement of the early 1900s concerned with curing problems of urbanization and industrialization
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McClure magazine
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Popular reform magazine.
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Ida Tarbell
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Wrote "History of the Standard Oil Company"
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Lincoln Steffens
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Wrote "Tweed days in St. Louis."
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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 owners
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Edith Wharton
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Wrote about how the closedmindedness 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 government 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 to limit child labor and improve conditions for female workers.
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Triangle shirtwaist fire
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Fire in New York City; 140 workers were killed.
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Rose schneiderman
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A woman's trade movement could bring real change to the workplace.
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Freedom of contract
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Freedom to negotiate the terms of their employment
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Muller v. Oregon.
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An employer challenged the 10hour work say law that Florence Kelley had helped push through the Oregon legislature.
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Louis D brandies
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Lawyer who argued for Oregon v muller case
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Close shop
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A workplace where all the employees must belong to a union
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Socialism
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Or the system under which the government or worker cooperatives own most factories utilites and transportation and own communications system
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Samual Gompers.
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Led the AFL
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International ladies garment workers union.
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The AFL union that tried to organize unskilled workers.
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Open shop
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Nonunion workplace.
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Industrial workers of the world
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Opposed capatalism.
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William big hill Haywood
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Made claims for the working class
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