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| Progressivism | movement that responded to the pressuares of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reforms. |
| Muckrakers | writers that uncovered and exposed misconduct of businesses and politics. |
| Social Gospel | reform movement of the late 19th century that sought to improve society by applying Christian principles. |
| Square Deal | President Theodore Roosevelt’s program of reforms to keep the wealthy and the powerful from taking advantage of small business owners and the poor. |
| Upton Sinclair | author who wrote the Jungle. |
| The Jungle | Upton Sinclair’s novel that exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meat packing industry. |
| Jacob Riis | Muckraker whose book “How the other half lives” exposed the poor living conditions in urban tenements. |
| Conservation | President Theodore Roosevelt’s environmental policy of protecting American wilderness. |
| Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire | Event that drew attention to the unsafe working conditions in sweatshops. |
| Jane Addams | leading reforming in the settlement house movement. |
| Temperance Movement | movement aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and the problems it created. |
| Prohibition | the forbidding by law the manufacture, transport, and sale of alcohol. |
| 19th Amendment | constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote. |
| Robert M. Lafollete | Progressive Governor of Wisconsin that promoted political reforms like the direct primary elections and referendums. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | - Progressive president of the United States that promised a Square Deal to all Americans. |
