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OCS Progressive Era
Term | Definition |
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Muckrakers | Journalists who wrote about the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution |
Upton Sinclair | Wrote "The Jungle" about the unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry. |
Urbanization | Growth of cities |
Tenements | Overcrowded building where people in the cities often lived; small rooms, shared restrooms; disease spread easily |
Jacob Riis | Muckraker who wrote about the poor housing conditions in the cities |
Jane Addams | Founded Hull House in Chicago; offered education and child care for the poor |
Monopoly | Control over a certain industry by one company; leads to higher prices and less choices |
Sherman Anti-Trust | Law that made monopolies illegal; very hard to enforce |