| A | B |
|---|
| Progressives | people who wanted to improve American lives |
| patronage | giving jobs to political supporters |
| Pure Food and Drug Act | protects consumers against impure ingredients |
| Meat Inspection Act 1906 | gov't allowed to inspect meat packing plants |
| Upton Sinclair | wrote The Jungle |
| The Jungle | book that led to more sanitary conditions in meat packing plants |
| Bull Moose Party | political party founded by Teddy Roosevelt |
| conservation | protection of natural resources |
| NAACP | worked to gain equal rights for African Americans |
| Boss Tweed | cheated NYC out of more than $100 million |
| Thomas Nast | drew political cartoons |
| 16th amendment | created an income tax |
| 17th amendment | direct election of Senators |
| Civil Service Commission | responsible for filling federal gov't jobs |
| primary | voters get to choose their party's candidate from among several people |
| Ida Tarbell | revealed unfair business practices of Standard Oil Co. |
| Andrew Carnegie | steel business |
| John D. Rockefeller | oil business |
| J.P. Morgan | banking business |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | railroad business |
| muckrakers | people who exposed the evils of society |
| spoils system | giving government jobs to supporters |
| 18th amendment | banned the making and sale of alcohol |
| 19th amendment | gave women the right to vote |
| Interstate Commerce Commission | regulated the railroad business |
