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Progressive Movement
Effort to cure many of the ills of American society that had developed during the last quarter of 19th century.
John Dewey
American psychologist, philosopher, educator, social critic and political activist. From Vermont, studied at John Hopkins University and University of Minnesota.
Scientific Management
A theory of management that analyzed and synthesized workflows. Wanted to improve economic efficiency.
Ida Tarbell
Editor for the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. Went to Paris and wrote American magazines; was later hired by McClure's Magazine.
Seventeenth Amendment
Establishes direct election of U.S Senators by popular vote.
Theodore Roosevelt
26th president. Leadership in the Progressive Movement and the Republican Party and founder of Progressive Party of 1912.
Trust Busting
Term that referred to Roosevelt's policy of prosecuting monopolies that violated federal antitrust law.
Elkins Act
law that amended the interstate commerce act of of 1887. Authorized the interstate commerce commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates.
Hepburn Act
law that gave instate commerce commission he power to set maximum railroad rates.
The Jungle
Novel written by Upon Sinclair about the troubles of the working class and to show the corruption of the American meatpacking industry during the early 20th century.
Pure Food and Drug Act
law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines.
Meat Inspection Act
Requires the U.S Department of Agriculture to inspect all cattle, sheep, goats, and horses when slaughtered processed into products for human consumption.
Sixteenth Amendment
Allows the congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on census results.
Eugene V. Debs
Union leader, founding men=mber of
Federal Reserve Act
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Clayton Anti Trust
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Federal Trade Commission
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Niagara Movement
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Booker T. Washington
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W.E.B Dubois
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NAACP
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Alice Paul
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Carrie Chapman Catt
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19th Amendment
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League of Women Voters
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