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Ida Tarbell

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Investigative journalist, leading muckraker of the progressive era.

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Jacob Riis

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Photographer. Photographed immigrants living in tenements, wrote How the Other Half Lives

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Upton Sinclair

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Wrote The Jungle about meatpacking conditions.

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Social Gospel

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If you’re a good Christian, your responsibility is to help your fellow man.

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Jane Adams

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Created Hull House, a homeless shelter that taught immigrants English and job skills.

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Alice Paul

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Hardcore suffragist

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Carrie Chapman Catt

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Suffragist

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19th amendment

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Gave women the right to vote

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Margaret Sanger

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Founder of Planned Parenthood

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Robert La Follette

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Lawyer and politician, opposed corporate power and political corruption

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Temperance Movement

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Supported ban on alcohol

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18th amendment

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Banned alcohol

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WEB Dubois

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Passionate about equality, founded NAACP

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Square Deal

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Controlled corporations and protected consumers, kept the wealthy from taking advantage of other people.

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Northern Securities vs the United States

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  1. Set precedent for declaring a trust unconstitutional
  2. Established Roosevelt as a trust buster
  3. Increased power of presidency- showed the president was more powerful than businesses.
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Elkins Act

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Allowed ICC to fine railroads that offered rebates

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Hepburn Act

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Gave ICC power to set maximum railroad rates

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1902 Coal Strike

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Labor Union goes on strike which drags into winter. Country depends on coal for heat, so Roosevelt forces mine owners and workers to make a deal and end the strike. Changes the government’s formerly laissez-faire approach.

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Pure Food and Drug Act

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When you advertise an item as a certain food or drug, the item should only include that food or drug, not contain any other substance.

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Meat Inspection Act

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Meat is inspected by the federal government.

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Conservation

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Still able to use and interact with environment, as long as you replace what you took. Supported by Roosevelt.

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Roosevelt’s Big Stick Policy

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United States can be powerful without flaunting their power.

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Roosevelt Corollary

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Reminder that the Monroe Doctrine still applies.

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Panama Canal

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  1. US worries that Japan or Germany will attack West coast, and the Navy won’t be able to get there in time
  2. Geography also makes trade inconvenient, and canal will make US seem powerful
  3. US supports revolution, allows Panama to become an independent country to buy land for the canal
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Great White Fleet

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US navy ships are painted white to appear larger, go on tour around the world to make the US seem more powerful.

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Russo-Japanese War

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Roosevelt wants to get involved to resolve conflict.

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Atlanta Compromise

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Created by Booker T Washington. States that African Americans don’t need equality or acceptance, only jobs.

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Dollar Diplomacy

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William Howard Taft. Only get involved with a country if you have an economic interest in it.

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Clayton Antitrust Act

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Allowed Wilson to break up a significant number of monopolies.

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Federal Reserve Act

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Wilson creates nationwide group of banks controlled by the federal government.

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16th amendment

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  1. Legal for Congress to pass an income tax, more laws to regulate railroads, Children’s Bureau investigates child labor.
  2. Progressive amendment because everyone has to contribute no matter how rich they are.
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Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy

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Pinchot is in charge of national parks, but is fired by Taft and replaced by Ballinger.

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John Muir

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Associate of Roosevelt, believes in preservation.

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Bull Moose Party

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Roosevelt can’t run as a Republican, so he joins the Progressive Party. Mascot is the Bull Moose.

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Federal Trade Commission

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Government can regulate and control industry.

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Payne- Aldrich Tariff

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Increases US tariffs as a weapon against foreign countries.

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Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy

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US should get involved with other countries for moral reasons.

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Underwood Tariff

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Lowered tariffs, which helps consumers.

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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

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US gets land for the Panama Canal.

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Standard Oil vs United States

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Supreme Court finds Standard Oil guilty of monopolizing the oil industry.

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Muller vs Oregon

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Muller violates law that women can only work 10 hours. Supreme Court rules against Muller.

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Urbanization

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Caused by economic opportunities in industrial jobs

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Problems in the Cities

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  1. Rising gap between the rich and poor
  2. Pollution, bad sanitation, lack of clean water
  3. Neighborhoods segregated by race and class
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Economy of the West

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  1. Boom and bust cycle of the economy

2. Mining industry, cattle industry

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Indian Wars

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  1. Sand Creek Massacre- Colorado militia kills many native people
  2. Battle of Little Big Horn- Sioux tribe kills Custer and cavalry
  3. Battle of Wounded Knee- US kills Sioux in the Dakotas, last conflict with Native Americans
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Farmers Organize

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  1. Farmers face problems- falling crop prices, unfair railroad practices, high cost of machinery and tariffs
  2. Grange Movement- government regulation and ownership of business
  3. Farmers Alliance- excludes blacks and tenant farmers
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Populist Party

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  1. Combination of Grange Movement and Farmer’s Alliance
  2. Government ownership of railroads, unlimited coinage of silver to increase money supply, rich people pay more income tax, direct election of senators

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