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SSUSH 13 and 14
US History Standards 13 and 14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Upton Sinclair | Muckraker – exposed meat-packing industry – resulted in FDA (The Jungle) |
| The Jungle | Novel that exposed poor working conditions and health violations of the meat industry |
| Jane Addams | Established "Hull House" as a place for widowsand orphans |
| Ida Tarbell | Muckraker – exposed Standard Oil – resulted in gov’t regulation of business |
| Muckrakers | Investigative journalists exposing corruption in industry |
| Inititive | Progressive reform – people can write a law that can be voted on (locally) |
| recall | Progressive reform – elected officials can be voted out. |
| referendum | Progressive reform – people can petition something to happen (locally) |
| 17th Amendment | Direct election of Senators |
| Jacob Riis | Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. Famous for "How the Other Half Lives" |
| Jim Crow Laws | name given to the south’s segregation laws |
| Plessy v. Furguson | “separate but equal” is okay in South |
| NAACP | African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 |
| Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 | Banned Chinese immigrants from U.S. – result of Nativism |
| Spanish-American War | Imperialistic war (expansion) against Spain for Cuban, Puerto Rican, & Philippine independence |
| Roosevelt Corollary | Pres. Teddy Roosevelt adds to the Monroe Doctrine that invasion of Latin America will result in US military force |
| Panama Canal | Waterway through Panama that connects Atlantic to Pacific Ocean – made trade more efficient |
| Progressive Era | a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States, from the 1890s to the 1920s. |
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