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Progressive |
a person who works to improve or reform life |
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reform |
to improve |
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reformer |
a person who makes improvements |
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Progressive Era |
time period when reform was popular (late 1800's to early 1900's) |
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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. |
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Pure Food and Drug Act |
the federal government inspects food and tests medicines before people can use them. |
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Conservation |
taking care of natural resources. Setting up the National Park System and Adirondack Park were efforts in conservation |
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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. |
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Hull House |
a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois by Jane Addams. |
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Prohibition |
also called temperance, 18th amendment made it illegal to make, buy, sell, or possess alcohol |
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Primary |
an election to choose a candidate to run for office |
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