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Progressive Era vocabulary

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Bull Moose Partynickname for Roosevelt's Progressive Party in the 1912 election
commissionsgovernment departments to improve efficiency & eliminate corruption
conservationplanned management of natural resources
direct primarymethod of allowing voters to choose their own candidates for office
Ida Tarbellexposed the ruthless methods Standard Oil used to destroy competitors
income tax16th Amendment; allowed the federal government to pass direct taxes, such as one on income
Lincoln Steffensexposed corrupt businessmen, politicians & police
muckrakingjournalism which exposed corruption
Prohibition18th Amendment; banned the manufacture, sale & transportation of alcohol; repealed by the 21st
Robert LaFollettegovernor & reformer; Wisconsin Idea
Square DealRoosevelt's program to treat every citizen fairly; applied to labor disputes
Theodore Roosevelt26th pres.; Republican & Progressive reformer
Upton Sinclairauthor of The Jungle, which exposed the meatpacking industry
William TaftRepublican president who succeeded Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson28th pres.; Democrat & Progressive reformer; president during WWI
World War Iled to women gaining suffrage, after they replaced men in the factories



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