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VOCABULARY: The Progressive Movement

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PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENTPeople believed that industrialization and urbanization had caused problems and the government should do something about it
SQUARE DEALTheodore Roosevelt's promise of fair treatment for ALL Americans
NEW FREEDOMWoodrow Wilson's campaign pledge in the 1912 election
17TH AMENDMENTThe direct election of senators by the people
MUCKRAKERSJournalists who investigated problems of society and then published their findings
KNIGHTS OF LABORThis early union lost most of its members after the Haymarket Square riot
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABORLed by Samuel Gompers, this group of unions negotiated more than they struck
AMERICAN RAILWAY UNIONLed by Eugene V Debs, this union struck against the Pullman Rail Company, but lost
INDUSTRIAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS UNIONMany women who worked at the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire belonged to this union
SAMUEL GOMPERSHe led the AFL
EUGENE V DEBSThis socialist leader (who was jailed several times) led the ARU
HAYMARKET SQUARE RIOTThis riot killed the Knights of Labor
HOMESTEAD STRIKEThis strike at a Carnegie steel mill was brutally dealt with
PULLMAN STRIKELed by the ARU, this strike protested a train company reducing its wages
SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACTdeclared monopolies to be illegal
CLAYTON ANTI-TRUST ACTstrengthened the Sherman Act
19TH AMENDMENTAllowed women to vote
TEDDY ROOSEVELTA Progressive President who was in office from 1901 to 1908
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTPresident from 1909 to 1912, he lost the support of many Progressives
TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIREA disaster that convinced many that reforms in the workplace were needed


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