| A | B |
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| progressivism | movement that emerged in response to the pressures of industrialization and urbanization that promoted reforms to bring about social injustice |
| muckraker | writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in politics or business |
| Triangel Shirtwaist Factory Fire | Exit were locked, employees could not escape. Focused attention on the need to protect workers |
| The Jungle | exposure of health violations and unsanitary practices in the American meatpacking industry |
| social gospel | reform movement that emerged i the late nineteenth century that sough to improve society by applying Christian principals |
| settlement house | community center organized to provide social services to the urban poor at the turn of the twentieth century |
| Jane Addams | leading figure in the settlement house, a community center that provided social services to the urban poor. |
| direct primary | election in which citizens themselves vote to select nominees for upcoming elections |
| initiative | process in which citizens put a proposed new law directly on the ballot |
| referendum | process that allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by a legislature |
| recall | process by which voters can remove elected officials from office before their terms end |
