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progressivism
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Movement for social change between the late 1890s and WW1. Its origins lay in a fear of big businesses and corrupt government and a desire to improve the lives of countless Americans. Progressivism set out to cure the social ills brought about by industrialization and urbanization, social disorder, and political corruption.
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RE Olds
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Used an assembly line system that forshadowed future techniques. Part of the movement for a largescale business and mass production.
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Model T
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A four-cylinder, 20 horsepower car only available in black.
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Tin Lizzie
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A four-cylinder, 20 horsepower car only available in black.
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United Fruit
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General Electric
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Frederick Winslow Taylor
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Principles of Scientific Management
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Triangle Shirtwaist Company
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In March 1911, a fire at the TSC in NY focused nationwide attention on unsafe working conditions.
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The Woman's Trade Union League (WTUL)
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Founded in 1903, this group woked to organize women into trade unions. It also lobbied for laws to safeguard female workers and backed several successful strikes, especially in the garment industry. It accepted all women who worked, regardless of skill, and while it never attracted many members, its leaders were influential enough to give the union considerable power.
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