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Progressive Movement | Sought to return control of the government to the people and fix problems of urbanization |
Muckrakers | Journalists who exposed the wrongs in society to spark reform |
Eugene Debs | Founded the Railway Union and the American Socialist Party |
Theodore Roosevelt | Progressive President who advocated the "Square Deal" |
Conservation | Progressive goal to manage natural resources |
Trust | consolidation of competing companies which is run as a corporation |
Pure Food and Drug Act | Law which halted the sale of "bad" food and false advertising |
William H. Taft | Progressive President who was believed to bungle reforms |
Bull Moose Party | This group formed to support Roosevelt in his reform efforts |
Woodrow Wilson | Progressive President who advocated a program called "New Freedom" |
Clayton Anti-Trust Act | Law that made monopolies illegal and protected unions- strengthened Sherman Act |
Sixteenth Amendment | This provided for a progressive income tax |
Seventeenth Amendment | Provided for direct election of senators in states |
Eighteenth Amendment | Prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohal illegal |
Nineteenth Amendment | Granted women's suffrage |
Federal Reserve | Reformed banking system that controls money supply and credit |
Sherman Anti-trust Act | First law to limit trusts- it was not succcessful |
Commission Government | Local Government reform, people elect city department leaders |
Referendum | This allows voters to vote directly on legislation in their state |
Initiative | This allows people to propose legislation at the state level |
Recall | This allows voters to end a term of an elected official using a special vote |
Primary Election | This allows members of a party to select the person who will run for office in the general election |
Secret Ballot | This reform made elections private- to reduce outside interference |
American Federation of Labor | Founded by Samuel Gompers, this Union combined SKILLED laborers |
Knights of Labor | This labor union accepted unskilled laborers |
Haymarket Square Riot | Labor strike that turned violent when an anarchist threw a bomb |
Homestead Strike | Strike against Carnegie Steel- turned violent when scabs were hired |
Pullman Strike | Railway workers protested low wages - the strike turned violent |
Susan B. Anthony | She worked to gain women's suffrage |
Meat Inspection Act | The response to "The Jungle" - it protected consumers |
NAACP | founded to promote Equality for African-Americans |
The Jungle | Muckraking novel showing dangers of meat industry |
Labor Unions | these were founded to promote better working conditions |
International Ladies' Garment Workers Union | Labor Union that gained success after a tragic fire |
Arbitration | allowing a "referee" to settle differences between labor and management |
Collective Bargaining | talks and agreements between unions and management |
Strike | when workers refuse to work |
World War 1 | Brought an end to the Progressive Movement |