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progressive movement
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period of social activism and reform 1890s to 1920s. reform government, education, medicine, finance, insurance, industry, railroads, churches. prof. science fields
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john dewey
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philosopher ideas impacted edu. reform. and social reform ;developer of the philosophy of pragmatism and one of the founders of functional psychology.
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scientific management
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analyzed & synthesized workflows; improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity
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ida tarbell
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teacher, journalist, author;
1904 book The History of the Standard Oil Company, leading muckrakers |
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seventeenth amendment
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established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote;
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theodore roosevelt
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26th president. leadership of the Progressive Movement;
rep. party. |
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trust busting
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roosevelts policy vs monopoly "trust" tht violated the antitrust law.
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elkins act
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1903 federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887;
authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates/ accepted rebates. |
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hepburn act
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Hepburn Act is a 1906 United States federal law that gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) the power to set maximum railroad rates.
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the jungle
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The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by journalist Upton Sinclair, point out the troubles of the working class and to show the corruption of the American meatpacking industry
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pure food and drug act(1906)
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provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines.
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meat inspection act
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substantially amended by the 1967 Wholesome Meat Act;
requires the United States Department of Agriculture to inspect all cattle, sheep, goats, and horses when slaughtered and processed into products for human consumption |
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sixteenth amendment
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part of the United States Bill of Rights which sets forth rights related to criminal prosecutions.
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Eugene Victor Debs
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union leader, one of the founding members of the International Labor Union and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW),candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States.
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federal reserve act(1914)
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Act of Congress created the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America,
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clayton anti trust
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enacted in the United States to add further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime by seeking to prevent anticompetitive practices in their incipiency
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federal trade commision
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independent agency of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act.principal mission is the promotion of consumer protection and the elimination and prevention of what regulators perceive to be harmfully anti-competitive business practices, such as coercive monopoly.
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niagara movement
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Niagara Movement a black civil rights organization founded 1905 by group led by W. E. B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter; call for opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement as well as policies of accommodation and conciliation
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booker t. washington
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American educator, author, orator, and political leader. was a dominant figure in African American community in the United States from 1890 to 1915.
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w.c. b dubois
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intellectual leader in the United States as sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor
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naacp
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,
1909 |
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alice paul
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carrie chapman catt
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19th amendment
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league of women voters
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