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Chapter 21
Progressives
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| political machines | These are powerful organizations that influenced the city and county politics in the late 1800s |
| William M (Boss) Tweed | This New York City politician is known for his control of the corrupt political machine called the Tammany Ring |
| Muckrakers | This term was coined for journalists who "raked up" and exposed corruption and problems of society. |
| Progressives | This group of reformers worked to improve social and political problems of the late 1800s |
| Capitalism | In this economic system, private businesses run most industries. |
| socialism | In this economic system, the government owns and operates a country's means of production. |
| conservation | This is the planned management of natural resources to prevent their destruction. |
| 16th Amendment | This change to the constitution gave congress the power to collect income taxes. |
| 17th Amendment | This change to the constitution gave people the power to elect senators. |
| 18th Amendment | This change to the constitution made it illegal to make, sell or import alcohol. |
| 19th Amendment | This change to the constitution gave women the right to vote. |
| Alice Paul | Social reformer, suffragist, and activist, founder of the National Women's Party (NWP) |
| W. E. Du Bois | Activist who worker towards equality for African Americans and helped found the NAACP |
| Upton Sinclair | Muckracker who wrote The Jungle and exposed the horrible working conditions and unsanitary conditions in the mat packing plants |
| Woodrow Wilson | 28th president - 17th, 18th, and 19th Amendments were passed during his presidency- Child labor laws passed |
| Theodore Roosevelt | 26th President- organized Rough Riders who fought in Spanish American War- Acquired Panama Canal |
| Pure Food and Drug Act | A law that set regulatory standards for industries involved in preparing food |
| Triangle Shirtwaist Fire | A factory fire that killed almost 150 people - eventually it led to new safety laws |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) | founded in 1909 by Dubois to bring attention to racial injustices |
| National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) | An organization founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony that worked to obtain the vote for women |
| Workers Compensation Laws | Laws that gave workers compensation if they were injured at work |
| Women's Suffrage | the struggle to get women the right to vote |
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