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Progressive ERa
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Reform | To change for worst to better. This is a solution to a promblem. |
| Progressive movement | A movement in whitch many men and women became a part of in order to bring about reform. |
| union | An organzation whitch helps workers gain higher wages(pay) and better working conditions. |
| American Federation of Labor | An organzation that pressed for higher wages, shorter hours, better working conditions,and thed right to bargain collectively with employers |
| strike | when employers stop working to force an employer to meet demands |
| Homestead strike | A stike that takes place in Homestead, Pennsylvania in whitch union workers agreed to accept lower wages |
| suffragist | people who fight for women's suffrage whitch is a women's right to vote |
| 19th Admendment | allowed women's suffrage. this gave women the right to vote |
| 18th Admendment | known as the prohibition law, this made it illegal to make, transport, or sell alchol in the United States |
| temperance movement | an reform movement to ban alchol |
| child labor | work that is done by children |
| Susan B. Anthony | fought for women's suffrage |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | fought for women's suffrage |