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25 Cards in this Set
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Progressive Movement
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Effort to cure many of the ills of American society that had developed during the last quarter of 19th century.
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John Dewey
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American psychologist, philosopher, educator, social critic and political activist. From Vermont, studied at John Hopkins University and University of Minnesota.
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Scientific Management
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A theory of management that analyzed and synthesized workflows. Wanted to improve economic efficiency.
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Ida Tarbell
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Editor for the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. Went to Paris and wrote American magazines; was later hired by McClure's Magazine.
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Seventeenth Amendment
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Establishes direct election of U.S Senators by popular vote.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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26th president. Leadership in the Progressive Movement and the Republican Party and founder of Progressive Party of 1912.
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Trust Busting
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Term that referred to Roosevelt's policy of prosecuting monopolies that violated federal antitrust law.
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Elkins Act
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law that amended the interstate commerce act of of 1887. Authorized the interstate commerce commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates.
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Hepburn Act
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law that gave instate commerce commission he power to set maximum railroad rates.
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The Jungle
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Novel written by Upon Sinclair about the troubles of the working class and to show the corruption of the American meatpacking industry during the early 20th century.
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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law that 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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Requires the U.S Department of Agriculture to inspect all cattle, sheep, goats, and horses when slaughtered processed into products for human consumption.
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Sixteenth Amendment
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Allows the congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on census results.
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Eugene V. Debs
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Union leader, founding men=mber of
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Federal Reserve Act
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Clayton Anti Trust
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Federal Trade Commission
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Niagara Movement
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Booker T. Washington
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W.E.B Dubois
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NAACP
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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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