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32 Cards in this Set
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Florence Kelley
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*Progressive-era reformer
*campaigned for child-labor laws |
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Robert M. LaFollette
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*Progressive-era reform governor of Wisconsin
*targeted railroads |
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16th Amendment
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Income Tax
Legalized a direct tax on income and profit, not dependent on population distribution |
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17th Amendment
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Direct election of Senators
US Senators will be elected by the people, not by state legislatures |
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18th Amendment
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Prohibition
The manufacture, transportation, or sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited |
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19th Amendment
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Woman suffrage
Women gained the right to vote equal to men |
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Suffrage
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the right to vote
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Upton Sinclair
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*Muckracker
*The Jungle (1906), publicized abuses in meat-packing industry |
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Muckrackers
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Writer who exposes wrong doing
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prohibition
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making the sale or use of alcohol illegal
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Progressive Movement
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Socila reform movement in the early 20th century
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Initiative
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A way for people to propose laws directly
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referendum
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a way for people to approve changes in laws by a vote
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recall
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a vote on whether to remove a public official from office
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Susan B. Anthony
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Leader of the woman suffrage movement, who helped to define the movement's goals and beliefs and to lead its actions
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Thedore Roosevelt
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President from 1901 - 1909
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Square Deal
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President's Roosevelt's program of progressive reforms
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The Jungle
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Novel by Upton Sinclair describing meatpacking
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Meat Inspection Act
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Law reforming meatpacking conditions, 1906
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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Law to stop the sale of unclean food and drugs, 1906
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conservation
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The planned management of natural resources
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NAACP
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 to work for racial equality
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William Taft
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President from 1909-1913, successor to Roosevelt
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Gifford Pinchot
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Head of U.S. Forest Service under Roosevelt, who believed that it was possible to make use of natural resources while conserving them
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Bull Moose Party
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Nickname for the new Progressive Party, which was formed to support Roosevelt in the election of 1912
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Woodrow Wilson
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Winner of the 1912 presidential election
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Clayton Anti-trust Act
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Law that weakened monopolies and upheld the rights of unions and farm organizations
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Federal Trade Commissions (FTC)
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A federal agency set up in 1914 to investigate businesses to help enforce the laws
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Federal Reserve System
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National banking system begun in 1913
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Assembly Line
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An efficient way of putting together a product in which each worker does a different specific task
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integration
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mixing racial groups
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settlement house
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a center where poor people can get help
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