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what is the middle class?

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a new class for people just who aren’t poor and whoa rent rich

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muckcrackers

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the journalist of there time

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lincoln steffens

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exposed corrupt gov

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jacob riis

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exposed tenement housing, and urban problems

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ida b wells

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founding member of NAACP, racism, lynching, segregation

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ida tarbell

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spent 5 years studying standard oil

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nelly bly

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she went undercover to help fix mental instututions

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florence kelly

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child labor and women working conditions

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upton sinclair

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exposed meat packing in chicago

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mother jones

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keating-owens act

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worked with child labor

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temperence

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stop husbands from drinking

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10
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16th amendment

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created income tax

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WCTU

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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union

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17th amendment

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direct election for senetors

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18th amendment

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no alcohol

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19th amendment

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women voting

14
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seneca fall convention

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the first time women started to meet to talk about what they wanted to fight for

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direct primary

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the people pick there political parties

16
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recall

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voters can remove public servents

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referendum

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citizens can approve/reject law to be voted on in new election

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initiative

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people prepose a new law

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NAWSA

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national american women sufferage association

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silent sentinals

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a group ran by alice paul and lucy burns

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NAACP

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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teddy roosevelt

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proggresive president

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square deal

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prevent wealthy from taking advantage of poor

23
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bully pulpit

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roosevelt spoke out of social issues

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william howard taft

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WE HATE HIM!!!took place Of TF but did nothing like him

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woodrew wilson

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cool calm and collected

26
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new freedom

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focused on the “tripple wall of priviallge” - free of tarrifts, banks, and trust

27
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meat inspection act

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upton siclair they needed to look at meat beofore they could sell

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pure food and drug act

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same this as meat they have to inspect medicine

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underwood TARRIFT act

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make prices lower on forigen goods so consumers were not forced to buy expensives thing

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federal reserve act

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prevent to much money in the hands of a few people

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federal trade commision

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make sure monpolies dont happen

32
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clayton anti trust act

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protected workers right to organize unions

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