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46865114Progressivismreform movement that believed the situation to social problems lay in a more active role on the part of the government
46865115Muckrakersjournalists who investigated social conditions and political corruption
46865116Jacob Riismuckraker who wrote about the poor conditions facing many immigrant neighborhoods in New York City
46865117Commission plana system of city government in which a board of commissioners with expertise in city services hires specialists to run city departments
46865118Robert La FolletteRepublican governor of Wisconsin who attacked the way political parties ran their conventions and introduced the direct primary
46865119Direct primarya party election in which all party members could vote for a candidate to run in the general election
46865120Initiativea reform that allowed a group of citizens to introduce legislation and required the legislature to vote on it
46865121Referenduma reform that allowed proposed legislation to be submitted to the voters for approval
46865122Recalla reform that allowed voters to demand a special election to remove an elected official from office before his or her term had expired
46865123Suffrageright to vote
46865124Alice Paulsuffragist who formed the National Woman's Party
46865125Temperancethe moderation or elimination of alcohol
46865126Prohibition lawsbanning the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol
46865127Socialismthe idea that the government should own and operate industry for the community as a whole
46865128Square Dealthe reform programs of President Roosevelt
46865129Northern Securitiesa giant holding company broken up by Theodore Roosevelt
46865130United Mine Workersa union for mine workers
46865131Arbitrationa settlement imposed by an outside party
46865132Hepburn acta law intended to strengthen the Interstate Commerce Commission
46865133Upton Sinclairauthor of The Jungle, which described horrible conditions in the meatpacking industry
46865134Joseph G. CannonSpeaker of the House under President Taft
46865135Payne-Aldrich Tariffa law passed during the Taft administration that did not effectively lower tariffs
46865136Richard BallingerTaft's secretary of the interior who was a conservative corporate lawyer
46865137Syndicatea business group

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