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| 222436425 | progressivism | movement that responds to the pressures of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reforms | |
| 222436426 | progressive era | time at the turn of the 20th century in which groups sought to reform America economically, socially, and politically | |
| 222436427 | socialism | A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production. | |
| 222436428 | labor movement | reducing hours, better wages and working conditions | |
| 222436429 | muckrakers | Journalists who raked dirt and exposed it to the public | |
| 222436430 | The Jungle | Upton Sinclair's novel which exposed unsanitary food products | |
| 222436431 | Social Gospel Movement | movement that urged people to help the poor based on cristian values | |
| 222436432 | Settlement Houses | institutions that provided educational and social services to poor people | |
| 222436433 | direct primary | a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office | |
| 222436434 | initiative | process that permits voters to put legislative measures directly on the ballot | |
| 222436435 | referendum | procedure enabling voters to reject or accept a measure passed by the legislature | |
| 222436436 | recall | the act of removing an official by petition | |
| 222436437 | Florence Kelly | Active in the settlement house movement and led progressive labor reforms for women and children. | |
| 222436438 | Margaret Sanger | United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood. | |
| 222436439 | Ida B Wells | african-american journalist/reformer who led the fight against lynching | |
| 222436440 | Carrie Chapman Catt | president of NAWSA, who led the campaign for woman suffrage during Wilson's administration | |
| 222436441 | Alice Paul | A suffragette who believed that giving women the right to vote would eliminate the corruption in politics. | |
| 222436442 | Booker T Washington | Black leader/Former slave who promoted economic independence and a slow transition for blacks into free society ; Also founded Tuskagee Institute | |
| 222436443 | W.E.B Du Bois | believed that African Americans should strive for full rights immediatly ; founded the NAACP | |
| 222436444 | Niagara Movement | A group of black and white reformers who organized the NAACP in 1909 | |
| 222436445 | NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | |
| 222436446 | Urban League | Civil rights group that advocated against racial discrimination | |
| 222436447 | Anti-Defamation League | Formed in 1913 to defend Jews against physical and verbal attacks | |
| 222436448 | Mutualistas | mutual-aid societies formed by Mexican American communities to help each other out | |
| 222436449 | Square Deal | Theodore Roosevelt's campaign promise that all groups would have an equal opportunity to succeed | |
| 222436450 | Hepburn Act | gave ICC strong enforcement powers to regulate railroads | |
| 222436451 | Meat Inspection Act | law that required the federal government to inspect meat shipped across state lines | |
| 222436452 | Pure Food And Drug Act | the act that prohibited the manufacture, sale, or shipment of impure of falsely labeled food and drugs | |
| 222436453 | National Reclamation Act | Act that added 1 million acres of irrigated land and states added more than 10 million acres of irrigated land | |
| 222436454 | New Nationalism | a program to restore the government's trustbusting power | |
| 222436455 | Woodrow Wilson | American President during WWI - had 14 point plan - key figure in League of Nations | |
| 222436456 | New Freedom | President Woodrow Wilson's plan for reform; wanted to break up giant trusts and monopolies to increase competition | |
| 222436457 | Sixteenth Ammendment | allowed congress to levy taxes based on an individuals income | |
| 222436458 | Federal Reserve Act | a 1913 law that set up a system of federal banks and gave government the power to control the money supply | |
| 222436459 | Clayton Antitrust Act | law that weakened monopolies and upheld the rights of unions and farm organizations | |
| 226286665 | Arbitrator | someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue | |
| 226286666 | Teddy Roosevelt | 26th president who supported conservation (saving) of natural resources, the Pure Food and Drug Act, and the Meat Inspection Act. | |
| 226286667 | Sherman Anti-Trust Act | an 1890 law that banned the formation of trusts and monopolies in the United States | |
| 226286668 | Antiquities Act | allows the president to protect the areas of scientific or historical interest on federal lands as national monuments | |
| 231308681 | Rough Riders | volunteer soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish American War | |
| 231308682 | Big Stick Diplomecy | Teddy Roosevelts plan to control all of the world | |
| 231308683 | Open door policy | all nations want equal access to chinese ports | |
| 231308684 | Sphere of influence | the geographical area in which one nation is very influential | |
| 231308685 | Boxer Rebellion | Chinese rebellion against foreign influence | |
| 231308686 | Dollar Diplomecy | Use of financial power as a foreign weapon |
