Chapter 28 key terms/people off the list distributed to Mr. Harrah's 2014-15 humanities classes. Please tell me if there are any spelling or grammar errors and I'll fix them as soon as possible please and thank you?
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| 8487338239 | Jacob Riis | Muckraker who attacked social and political evils with his novel "How The Other Half Lives" which exposed the poor conditions of the poor tenements in NYC and Hell's Kitchen. | 0 | |
| 8487338240 | Lincoln Steffans | Muckraker and author of The Shame of the Cities which analyzed political corruption in cities and led to the use of city commissions and managers. | 1 | |
| 8487338242 | Jane Addams | Founder of the Settlement House Movement with Hull House (Chicago). | 2 | |
| 8487338244 | Ida Tarbell | Muckraker and journalist who wrote a series of articles in McClure's Magazine exposing the ruthless tactics of Standard Oil and contributed to its dissolution as a monopoly. | 3 | |
| 8487338246 | Robert La Follette | Governor of Wisconsin and the "most militant of the progressive Republican leaders," he broke up lumber and railroad monopolies and promoted government regulation of public utilities. | 4 | |
| 8487338249 | Florence Kelley | Illinois's first chief factory inspector and a leading advocate of improved factory conditions; leader of the National Consumers League. | 5 | |
| 8487338251 | Upton Sinclair | Muckraker and author of The Jungle, which attempted to improve industrial working conditions by exposing poor sanitation in Chicago's slaughterhouses but instead prompted the passage of the Meat Inspection Act. | 6 | |
| 8487338252 | John Muir | Preservationist, Sierra Club leader, and nature writer who was largely responsible for the creation of Yosemite National Park in California. | 7 | |
| 8487338255 | Eugene V Debs | Leader of the American Railway Union, supporter of the Pullman strike, and 5-time Socialist presidential candidate. | 8 | |
| 8487338257 | William Jennings Bryan | Democratic presidential candidate in the election of 1908 against Taft. | 9 | |
| 8487338258 | William Howard Taft | Endorsed by Roosevelt in the election of 1908 to carry on the Progressive program, then openly pursued conservative policies while passively managing Congress, resulting in an almost complete loss of support among Progressives, Roosevelt included. | 10 | |
| 8487338261 | initiative | Allows voters to petition state legislatures in order to consider a bill proposed by citizens. | 11 | |
| 8487338262 | referendum | Allows voters to decide if a bill or proposed amendment should be passed. | 12 | |
| 8487338263 | recall | Allows voters to petition to remove an elected representative from office. | 13 | |
| 8487338265 | "separate spheres" | Nineteenth-century idea in Western societies that men and women, especially of the middle class, should have different roles in society (i.e. women as wives, mothers, homemakers; men as breadwinners, participants in business/politics). | 14 | |
| 8487338266 | "wet" and "dry" states | Terms used to refer to states which allowed or did not allow alcohol, respectively. | 15 | |
| 8487338267 | trustbusting | Use of antitrust laws to prosecute and dissolve trusts; strongly endorsed by Roosevelt and liberally (sometimes wrongly) applied by Taft. | 16 | |
| 8487338268 | conservationism | Environmental view which stated that land should be protected for carefully managed development; led to the formation of the National Parks System | 17 | |
| 8487338269 | preservationism | Environmental view which stated that land should be protected for its natural beauty and not for its possible human use. | 18 | |
| 8487338270 | dollar diplomacy | Foreign policy utilized by Taft by which the U.S. exchanged financial support for the right to guide countries' commercial ventures, primarily in South America and the Caribbean; exchanging money for political influence. | 19 | |
| 8487338272 | muckrakers | Journalists and writers who tried to find corruption or wrongdoing in industries and expose it to the public; popularized sensationalism and "yellow journalism" | 20 | |
| 8487338273 | Seventeenth Amendment | Constitutional amendment allowing American voters to directly elect US senators (1913) | 21 | |
| 8487338274 | Eighteenth Amendment | Amendment imposing the federal prohibition of alcohol. It emerged from the organised efforts of the temperance movement and Anti-Saloon League. (1919) | 22 | |
| 8487338278 | Elkins Act | Empowered the Interstate Commerce Commission to ban railroads from charging farmers unfairly high rebates and fees. (1903) | 23 | |
| 8487338279 | Hepburn Act | Empowered the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the maximum charge to ship goods by rail. (1906) | 24 | |
| 8487338280 | Northern Securities Case | Roosevelt's legal attack on the Northern Securities Company, which paved the way for future trustbusting. | 25 | |
| 8487338281 | Muller v Oregon | Louis D. Brandeis convinces the Supreme Court to accept laws protecting women against the harmful effects of factory labor, despite feminist opposition. (1908) | 26 | |
| 8487338282 | Lochner v New York | Supreme Court ruled that the states could not restrict a labor agreement between worker and employer (i.e. the New York law that limited bakers to a 10-hour work day was ruled unconstitutional). (1905) | 27 | |
| 8487338283 | Triangle Shirtwaist fire | Fire in New York's Triangle Shirtwaist Company killed 146 women; drew attention to poor working conditions and allowed the government to protect workers, paving the way for various national labor reforms. (1911) | 28 | |
| 8487338284 | Woman's Christian Temperance Union | Fought for adoption of local and state laws restricting the sale of alcohol; founded by Frances E. Willard on the grounds that alcohol damaged family life and challenged religious values. | 29 | |
| 8487338285 | The Square Deal | Roosevelt's domestic program primarily aimed at helping middle class citizens by attacking the plutocracy and trusts and protecting business from the extreme demands of unorganized labor; intended to create opportunities for all. | 30 | |
| 8487338286 | Meat Inspection Act | Required that meat processing plants be inspected to ensure the use of good meat and health-minded procedures. (1906) | 31 | |
| 8487338287 | Pure Food and Drug Act | Required that companies accurately label the ingredients contained in processed foods and medications.(1906) | 32 |
