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| Public Utility | Companies that sell water, gas, and electricity to the public. They have a monopoly. Progressives want them regulated. |
| Direct Primary | voters choose candidates that will represent their political party. |
| Recall | Vote taken to remove a public official from office. |
| Progressive Movement | Era in which a wave of reforms swept the US in the late 1880s and early 1900s. Government was used to fix problems. |
| Robert LaFollette | Progressive politician from Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Idea | Using expert advice to run the government. |
| Florence Kelley | Leading child labor reformer. |
| Muckrakers | Writers who exposed problems or evils of society. |
| Upton Sinclair | Muckraker, who wrote The Jungle, exposing the meat packing plant. |
| Lincoln Steffens | Muckraker, wrote about corrupt city government |
| Ida Tarbell | Muckraker, wrote about ruthless business tactics used by John Rockefeller in the oil industry |
| Theodore Roosevelt | First Progressive President |
| Trust | Progressives want them regulated or broken up. Roosevelt felt bad trusts take unfair advantage of the public, but not all trusts are bad. |
| Sherman Antitrust Act | Act enforced by Roosevelt to break up trusts. |
| Arbitration | Used by Roosevelt to settle a coal strike. A third party proposes a compromise to settle a dispute. |
| Square Deal | Roosevelt's slogan - Government treats everyone equally. |
| Conservation | Progressive action supported by Roosevelt, protecting natural resources. |
| Interstate Commerce Commission | Regulated railroad shipping rates. Given more power by Taft. |
| Clayton Antitrust Act | Passed by Woodrow Wilson to break up trusts. |
| Federal Reserve System | Passed by Woodrow Willson, created a national banking system. |
| Bull Moose Party | Nickname given to Roosevelt's progressive party in 1912 election. |
| Gilded Age | Describes US in late 1800's - Things luck good on the surface only. |
| Political Bosses | Corrupt politicians that ran city governments usually for personal gain. |
