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| Progressives | reformers who worked to improve social and political problems, beginning in the late 1800s. |
| W. E. B. Du Bois | an African American leader who believed in full political, civil, and social rights for all African Americans. |
| Prohibition | The nickname for the time period when alcohol was banned |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | the Supreme Court case that decided “separate but equal” facilities for different races were acceptable. |
| Progress | to move forward or to improve. |
| Booker T. Washington | an African American leader who believed in equality through education and accepted social separation. |
| Jim Crow Laws | laws passed after the Civil War that made it legal to separate white people and black people in public places. |
| sufferage | the right to vote |
| 18th Amendment | Law that banned the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcohol in the United States |
| segregation | Forced separation of different races in public places such as restaurants, bathrooms, movie theatres, and even public transportation. |
| Vocational Education | Specific training for one specific type of job. |
| Teddy Roosevelt | Youngest president to serve in office, served from 1901-1909 |
| 17th Amendment | Law that allowed American to vote directly for US Senators instead of state legislators |
| Temperance | A word or phrase that means “against drinking alcohol” |
| 19th Amendment | Law that gave women the right to vote in the United States |
| Reform | To do something over again and improve it or make it better |
| Susan B. Anthony and Elisabeth Cady Stanton | Two women who fought for women’s right to vote. |
