Rise Of Progressivism

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Progressivism

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favoring or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas

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Muckrakers

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the action of searching out and publicizing scandalous information about famous people in an underhanded way

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Jacob Riis

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Wrote “How the other half lives” which documented the impoverished people of New York City

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American Medical Association

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advocates for higher medical education training standards and creates the House of Delegates.

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Women’s Suffrage

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the right of women to vote.

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Nineteenth Amendment

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gave women the right to vote

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Equal Rights Amendment

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guarantee that equal rights under any federal, state, or local law could not be denied on account of sex.

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Socialism

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a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

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Secret Ballot

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a ballot in which votes are cast in secret.

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Triangle Shirtwaist fire

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The horror of their deaths led to numerous changes in occupational safety standards that currently ensure the safety of workers today.

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Booker T. Washington

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Founder of the Tuskegee University. His belief was that African-Americans should “concentrate all their energies on industrial education, and accumulation of wealth, and the conciliation of the South.”

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W. E. B. Du Bois

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thought blacks should seek higher education, preferably liberal arts. He also believed blacks should challenge and question whites on all grounds.

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Niagara Movement

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The Niagara Movement was a call for opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement as well as policies of accommodation and conciliation promoted by African American leaders such as Booker T. Washington.

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Anti- Saloon League

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for prohibition. Its triumph was nationwide prohibition locked into the Constitution with passage of the 18th Amendment in 1920.

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Initiative

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the first of a series of actions

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Recall

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To take back

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Referendum

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a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision.

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Solved the united min workers strike which resulted in higher pay for less hours. Also issued the Monroe doctrine, which allowed the U.S. "exercise international policy power"

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Square Deal

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a fair bargain or

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treatment

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the workers feel they are not getting a square deal.

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Panama Canal

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a canal about 50 miles (80 km) long, across the Isthmus of Panama, that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Its construction, begun by Ferdinand de Lesseps in 1881, was abandoned in 1889 and was completed by the U.S., 1904–14. Control of the canal remained with the U.S. until 1999, when it was ceded to Panama.

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Anthracite Coal Miner’s Strike 1902

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The strike threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply to all major cities

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Trust-busting

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A crackdown on trusts

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Interstate Commerce Act 1887

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designed to address the issues of railroad abuse and discrimination and required the following

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Elkins Act 1903

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strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission of 1887 by imposing heavy fines on violators