Progressive Era Vocabulary for STAAR
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| Initiative | Allows citizens to propose laws and vote on them.
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| Progressive Movement | Aimed at correcting the political and social injustices of the Gilded Age.
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| Settlement House | Community center for immigrants and poor people living in crowded cities.
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| Muckrakers | Reporters, writers, and photographers who exposed the injustices of industrial society and government corruption.
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| Populist Party | Political party representing the common man - farmers, industrial workers - the promoted reforms such as free silver.
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| 18th Amendment | Prohibition of the sale, manufacture, and transport of alcohol
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| Jane Addams | Reformer known for establishing the Hull House
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| Ida B. Wells | Reformer that organized a national anti-lynching crusade
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| Social Gospel Movement | It was the moral responsibility of Christians to pass reforms to enhance the lives of the less fortunate
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| Pure Food and Drug Act | Protected consumers health and welfare by insuring quality products
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| Upton Sinclair | Muckraker who wrote about the abuses in the meat packing industry in "The Jungle"
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| Recall | Elected officials can be removed from office by a special election.
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| 17th Amendment | Direct election of senators
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| Square Deal | Theodore Roosevelt's progressive program that aimed at protecting the public's general welfare.
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| 19th Amendment | Government cannot deny the right to vote based on gender.
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| Federal Reserve Act of 1913 | Law that created Federal Reserve System to control monetary policy.
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| WEB Du Bois | African-American reformer who helped found the NAACP
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| Theodore Roosevelt | Progressive president known for busting trusts
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| Temperance Movement | Led by women, like Francis Willard, to eliminate alcohol
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| Booker T. Washington | Reformer who proposed African-Americans achieve equality gradually through job training.
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