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| Progressivism | Ideas and activities about how to fix the problems with American society. They felt that the government should take a more active role in solving society’s problems |
| Progressive Era | time period between 1890-1920 |
| Muckrakers | a group of journalists who investigated social conditions and political corruption |
| Jacob Riis | wrote, “How The Other Half Lives.” He described the poverty, disease, and crime in New York City during this time period |
| Robert La Follette | pressured the government to hold a direct primary, where all members of a party vote for a candidate to run in a larger election |
| 17th Amendment | Direct election of Senators. |
| 18th Amendment | Amendment that stopped the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol |
| 19th Amendment | Gave women the right to vote. |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | Leader of the first women's rights convetion |
| NAWSA | National American Women's Suffrage Association; pushed for women's suffrage |
| Alice Paul | Women's rights activist who went on hunger strikes to get her point across |
| Temperance Movement | Called for the moderation of alcohol use |
| Prohibition Movement | Called for the end to the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcohol |
| Square Deal | Roosevelt's reform policy; wanted to give everyone an equal chance at success in society |
| United Mine Workers Strike | Strike in PA for better pay, fewer hours, and union recognition |
| Department of Labor and Commerce | The Department had the authority to investigate corporations and report on their activities |
| Hepburn Act | Strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission; helped set railroad rates and regulations |
| Upton Sinclair | Wrote The Jungle exposed the poor practices of Chicago slaughter houses |
| Meat Inspection Act | Set cleanliness standards for meat production |
| Pure Food and Drug Act | Prevented falsely labeled food and drugs |
| Payne-Aldrich Tariff | lowered of tariff rates |
| Children’s Bureau | investigated and publicized problems with child labor |
| Bureau of Mines | monitored the activities of mining companies |
| Trustbuster | President known for working to break up trusts/ monopolies because they were strong supporters of competition |
| New Freedom | Wilson’s reform plan. He believed economic freedom was more important than efficiency |
| Keating-Owen Child Labor Act | law prohibited the employment of children under the age of 14 in factories |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |
| Prohibition | Laws banning the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol. |
| Teddy Roosevelt | Was one of the “Rough Riders,” President of the United States, and an environement conservationist |
| Woodrow Wilson | President who worked to restore the United States banking center |
| William Howard Taft | President who worked for the rights of children and miners. |
