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US History - Progressive Era

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Muckrakersjournalists who exposed social evils
Ida Tarbellwrote The History of Standard Oil
Upton Sinclairwrote The Jungle
Jacob Riiswrote about the urban poor, immigrants
Triangle Shirtwaist Firewomen worked in poor factory conditions, died in fire
Jane Addamsfounder of Hull House, settlement house
16th amendmentgraduated income tax
Carry Nationused hatchet to bust up kegs of alcohol
Anthracite Coal StrikeT. Roosevelt interceded on behalf of miners
Northern Securities v. US, 1904the first trust 'busted' by T. Roosevelt
Payne Aldrich Tarifftax on imported goods
Bull Moose Partynominated T. Roosevelt for president 1912
Federal Reserve Actestablished 12 banks across the US
Plessy v. Fergusonseparate but equal' principle for public facilities
Booker T. WashingtonAfrican Americans should work hard
W.E.B. DuBoisAfrican Americans needed vote and education
Great MigrationAfrican Americans moving north 1900-1920
Atlanta Compromisespeech given by Booker T. Washington
NAACPfounded by WEB DuBois, to achieve African American equality
disenfranchisementliteracy test, grandfather clauses, poll tax
skyscrapersmade possible by steel
sewing machineinvented by E. Howe 1846, gave women jobs
The Jungleled to the passage of Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act
Henry Fordassembly line, $5 a day, automobiles
mail order catalogsmost common way of purchasing goods


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