| A | B |
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| progressive movement | Reform movement that aimed at a return of government control to the people. |
| Florence Kelley | Progressive reformer who fought for the rights of women and children. |
| Prohibition | Ban on manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol. |
| muckrakers | Journalists who exposed the ills of society in newspapers, magazines and books. |
| scientific management | The process of applying scientific priciples to manufacturiung processes |
| Robert LaFollete | Former Gov and Senator in Wisconsin who was a progressive leader. |
| assmebly line | Process used to assemble parts of products in a scientific manner |
| initiative | Electoral procedure where citizens can pass laws by voting. |
| recall | Electoral procedure where citizens can remove elected officails from office |
| referendum | citizen vote on a legislative act. |
| 17th Amendment | Provided for the direct election of Senators by citizens |
| NACW | National Association of Colored Women - Wanted to morally educate the African-American race. |
| suffrage | the right to vote. |
| Susan B. Anthony | Leader in the women's suffrage movement. |
| NAWSA | National American Women's Suffrage Association - Womens group that worked for women's suffrage. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Progressive President who was youngest ever after replacing McKinley |
| Square Deal | Roosevelt's progressive policy. |
| Meat Inspection Act | Laws that ordered certain levels of cleanliness and sanitation in the meat packing plants. |
| Upton Sinclair | Muckraker who wrote "The Jungle" |
| The Jungle | Book that exposed the horrors of the meat packing industry, |
| conservation | Preservation of some wilderness areas while still allowing commercial uses of others. |
| NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored Persons. |
| William Howard Taft | Roosevelt's hand picked successor as President |
| Bull Moose Party | Teddy Roosevelt's Independant party |
| Clayton Antitrust Act | Strengthened the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by making certain business practices illegal. |
| Federal Trade Commission | "Watchdog" agency that looked out for violations of industry and business regulations. |
| Federal Reserve System | The U.S. banking system |
| 19th Amendment | Amendment that provided a women's right to vote. |
