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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 |
| Hepburn Act | This law gave strength to the Interstate Commerce Commission |
| 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 of Progressive Era |
| 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 |
