A | B |
SOCIAL GOSPEL | USE RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE TO DEMAND BETTER HOUSING AND LIVING CONDITIONS FOR WORKING POOR |
MUCKRAKERS | WRITERS WHO EXPOSED EVILS IN SOCIETY |
INITIATIVE | VOTERS PROPOSE LEGISLATION |
REFERENDUM | LAWS GO ON THE BALLOT FOR APPROVAL OF VOTERS |
RECALL | ENABLES VOTERS TO REMOVE ELECTED OFFICIALS |
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT | SECRET BALLOT |
DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS | SENATORS ARE CHOSEN BY VOTERS, NOT PARTY BIGWIGS |
MULLER V. OREGON | LAWS LIMIT HOURS OF WOMEN WORKERS |
LOCHNER V. NEW YORK | OVERTURNS LAW ESTABLISHING 10 HR. DAY FOR BAKERS |
WCTU | ANTI-LIQUOR ORGANIZATION |
ELKINS ACT | HEAVY FINES FOR RAILROAD REBATES |
HEPBURN ACT | MAXIMUM RAILROAD RATES SET |
MEAT INSPECTION ACT | FED'L INSPECTION OF MEAT SHIPPED OVER STATE LINES |
PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACT | PREVENTS THE ADULTERATION AND MISLABELING OF FOODS AND PHARMACEUTICALS |
THE JUNGLE | 1906 NOVEL BY UPTON SINCLAIR; MEATPACKING PLANT |
HETCH HETCHY VALLEY | FED'L GOV'T ALLOWED SAN FRANCISCO TO BUILD A DAM FOR ITS MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY |
PAYNE-ALDRICH BILL | TARIFF( SUPPOSED TO LOWER BUT LOTS OF REVISIONS TACKED ON) |
COAL STRIKE | ROOSEVELT THREATENS TO TAKE OVER THE MINES SO THE OWNER ARBITRATE |
BALLINGER | OPENED PUBLIC LANDS IN WYOMING, MONTANA, ALASKA |
IDA TARBELL | INVESTIGATED THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY |
THORSTEIN VEBLEN | WROTE "THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS" ATTACKING THE RICH |
JACOB A. REIS | WROTE "HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES" INVESTIGATING TENEMENTS |
"FIGHTING BOB" LAFOLLETTE | PROGRESSIVE WISCONSIN GOVERNOR |
HIRAM W. JOHNSON | PROGRESSIVE CALIFORNIAN; BROKE THE GRIP OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC RR ON POLITICS |
FLORENCE KELLEY | ADVOCATE FOR BETTER FACTORY CONDITIONS TO SAFEGUARD WOMEN AND CHIOLDREN |
FRANCES E. WILLARD | FOUNDED WCTU |
GIFFORD PINCHOT | CONSERVATIONIST WHO ADVOCATED RATIONAL USE OF RESOURCES |
JOHN MUIR | PRESERVATIONIST; NATURALIST; IN SIERRA CLUB |