Quizlet Progressive Era 1

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  1. Conservation: taking care of natural resources. Setting up the National Park System and Adirondack Park were efforts in conservation
  2. Hull House: a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois by Jane Addams.
  3. muckraker: a progressive who wrote about bad conditions, an example is the book The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair which told about the bad conditions in the meat packing industry.
  4. Primary: an election to choose a candidate to run for office
  5. Progressive: a person who works to improve or reform life
  6. Progressive Era: time period when reform was popular (late 1800's to early 1900's)
  7. Prohibition: also called temperance, 18th amendment made it illegal to make, buy, sell, or possess alcohol
  8. Pure Food and Drug Act: the federal government inspects food and tests medicines before people can use them.
  9. reform: to improve
  10. reformer: a person who makes improvements
  11. Settlement House: urban homes set up to help immigrants adapt to life in the US. Settlement houses offered baby-sitting, English lessons, help in buying and preparing food.