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| 148709962 | Progressives | were in favor of reform movements in business and in govt policy | |
| 148709963 | Muckrackers | term coined by TR, journalists who wrote about corruption in business and politics in order to bring about reform. | |
| 148709964 | Lincoln Steffens (Shame of the Cities) | His book exposed corruption in city government and led to many reforms that helped to clean up politics and do away with party bosses and graft. | |
| 148709965 | Ida Tarbell (History of Standard Oil) | muckraker, ,wrote exposé of the Standard Oil Company, run at that time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller | |
| 148709966 | Jacob A. Riis | how the other half lives, reporter for new york sun, wrote about "how the other half lives", shocked middle class citizens with details about the slums- INFLUENCED ROOSEVELT | |
| 148709967 | initiative, referendum, recall | initiative allows the voters to propose legislation, referendum allows laws to be repealed by popular vote. Recall allows any elected official to be removed from office by voters | |
| 148709968 | Gov. Robert LaFollette | Progressive leader of Wisconsin that returned power to the people | |
| 148709969 | Gov Hiram Johnson | california, progressive regulated railroads and trusts, in states such as Oregon and California | |
| 148709970 | Lochner v. New York, 1905 | state of New york tried to pass a law regulating the number of hours that bakers could work, supreme court rules it unconstitutional, b/c of Dartmouth college v. Woodward. Makes it even harder for govt to regulate business | |
| 148709971 | Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire (1911) | Terrible fire at factory, safety codes are not upheld, and workers (mostly female) are actually locked inside the building and cannot get out, burn to death or jump. Causes the govt to impose stricter regulations/inspections on companies, and new safety codes. | |
| 148709972 | Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) | Women's christian temperance union. Push for prohibition of Alcohol | |
| 148709973 | "Square Deal" | TR's political slogan, means a fair deal for the American People. | |
| 148709974 | "three C's" | Conservation, Corporations, and Consumers | |
| 148709975 | Coal miners strike, 1902 | first example of Govt. intervening on the side of the workers in a strike. | |
| 148709976 | Northern Securities Company | RR holding company headed by JP Morgan; became the first trust that TR busted; case got argued to Supreme Ct. where Northern Securities decision upheld TR's position | |
| 148709977 | Trust Busting | breaking up of unfair monopolies, TR became famous for it | |
| 148709978 | Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, 1906 | expose of the meatpacking industry (disgusting) led to stricter regulations/ inspections of meatpacking plants (commerce clause) | |
| 148709979 | Meat Inspection Act of 1906 | passed by TR in response to The Jungle, set cleanliness standards for meatpacking industry "from corral to can" | |
| 148709980 | Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 | specified that certain drugs are to be sold by prescription only; the fed government is to ensure thatdrug packages accurately state the name and qunatities of the active ingredients. | |
| 148709981 | Conservation/Reclamation | TR's goal was to conserve some of the American wilderness for future generations (national parks) Reclamation projects involve irrigation | |
| 148709982 | Gifford Pinchot ("rational use") | using national resources carefully, not to the point of exhaustion | |
| 148709983 | Sierra Club | started by john muir, organization founded in 1892 dedicated to the preservation of the Western landscape (especially sierra nevadas) | |
| 148709984 | John Muir | conservationist, started sierra club | |
| 148709985 | William Howard Taft, 27th Pres., Rep. | TR basically names taft his successor | |
| 148709986 | "Dollar Diplomacy" | President Taft's policy of linking American business interests to diplomatic interests abroad | |
| 148709987 | Anti-trust cases | a legal action brought against parties who are charged with limiting free competition in the market place, taft actually busts more trusts than TR |
