Progressivism Vocab

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progressivism

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a politicial movement that crossed party lines which believed that industrialism& urbaniation had created many social problems and that gov. should take a more active role in dealing w/ these problems

Question 2

Muckrakers

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Journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society

Question 3

Jane Adams

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anti-imperialist. Established settlement houses in poor neighborhoods. Opened “Hull house” in chicago

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Settlement House

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Institution located in a poor neighborhood that provided a lot of community services like: med. care, child care, libraries and classes in english

Question 5

Upton Sinclair

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Author of “The Jungle”, which dealt w. working conditions & rights of immigrants. Spent his life writing about what he saw wrong in the US

Question 6

The Jungle

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Published by, Upton Sinclair. Based on Sinclair’s close observations of the slaughterhouse of Chicago, the powerful book featured appalling descriptions of conditions in the meat packing industry

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Ida Tarbell

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Published seriers of articles of the Standard Oil COmp.

Question 8

Yellow Journalism

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Type of sensational, biased, after false reporting for the sake of attracting readers