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Growth of Cities/Progressive Movement Vocabulary

US History II - 7th grade

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Uniona group of workers joined together to protect and promote their interests
AFLAmerican Federation of Labor - an organization which concentrated its efforts on helping workers gain higher wages and better working conditions
Homestead Strikea labor dispute in 1892 in which steel workers lost union representation until the late 1930's
Muckrakerwriters, mostly journalists, who published th eills of public life
Progressive Movementefforts which inspired reforms to address social problems in America, such as the urban slums
segregationforced separation of people of different races in public places
Jim Crow Lawsa restriction passed in the South after reconstruction to segregate the races
NAACPNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People; An organization committed to achieving political, educational, and civil equality for African Americans
Booker T. Washingtonbelieved equality could be achieved through vocational education; accepted social separation
W.E.B. Du Boisbelieved in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans
Temperance Movementmovement promoted by organizations, which urged resistance to the use of alcohol, supported the 18th Amendment (Prohibition)
Women's Suffragewomen who fought for and won the right to vote; Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
18th amendmentprohibited the sale, transport, and manufacturing of alcohol
19th amendmentgave women the right to vote


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