**was an organizer for the Mine Workers. She was also a Catholic teacher.**
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Teddy Roosevelt
**established national parks, forests, and monuments. He was also the 26th president when the former president was assassinated. Supported labor unions.**
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W.E.B. DuBoise
The first Black American to earn a PhD from Harvard University, published widely before becoming NAACP's director of publicity and research and starting the organization's official journal, The Crisis, in 1910.
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William McKinley
**was the 25th United States President that was assassinated in 1897. He was the original trustbuster and passed the national legislation that made it illegal for business owners that were a part of a union.**
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William Taft
**He was the 27th United States President for two terms and after that he became the Chief Justice of the United States for nine years.**
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Woordrow Wilson
**created the National Park System and established the Sierra Club. was president of the United States into World War l to “make the world safe for democracy”. He signed the 18th and the 19th Amendment into law.**
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John Muir
**created the National Park System and established the Sierra Club.**
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Lewis Hine
**took photos of the working conditions of children. He took photos of children in coal mines, meatpacking houses, textile mills, and canneries.**
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Louis Pasteur
**discovered the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization. He believed in washing your hands between attending patients and cleaning that was known as germ theory.**
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Nathan Straus
**co-owned some of New York City’s biggest department stores which was R. H. Macy and Company and Abraham and Straus. He also was a merchant and philanthropist.**
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Upton Sinclaire
**developed a kind of journalism that is known as “muckraking”. He also wrote a book called “The Jungle” that exposed the horrible conditions of meatpacking.**
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Ida B. Wells
**believed in not doing lynching and led an anti lynching crusade in the United States during the 1890s. She helped write the anti lynching law.**
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Nelly Bly
**was an investigative journalist who went into an asylum to see the conditions. They kept her there for ten days. She also went around the world and it took 72 days.**
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Jacob Riis
**He exposed the housing crisis, education, and poverty for immigrants in New York City. He was the photographer and author of “How the Other Half Lives”.**
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Ida Tarbell
**worked in helping pioneer investigative journalism. She wrote articles about John D. Rockefeller and the company he owned, Standard Oil Trust.**
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John Spargo
**helped draft the Colby Note. He opposed the foreign policy. He exposed child labor in coal mines.**
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Jane Addams
**was a progressive womens reformer. She also helped establish the juvenile court system and better factory laws.**
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Alice Paul
**organized marches, rallies, and White House protests.**
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Pinkerton Detective Agency
**They would end strikes like the Homestead Strike and Pullman Strike.**
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Progressive Era
**It was a time of labor rights, women’s suffrage, economic reform, and much more.**
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Reform
**It makes changes (usually social, political, or economic institution or practice in order to improve something).**
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Prohibition
**It was a national ban of alcohol on all platforms of selling and importing.**
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Pasteurize
**This kills harmful microorganisms in milk without affecting the taste or nutrition. Makes it safe to drink.**
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Child Labor
**Children would work that would take away from a proper childhood like going to school. They wouldn’t get paid much at all.**
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Labor Union
**fought for better and safer working conditions along with less working hours, and better pay.**
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Labor Day
**This day pays tribute to the workers of America and their contributions and achievements. It is the first Monday in September.**
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Strike
**an organized temporary or permanent end of work by employees due to pay, working hours, safety, or more.**
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Strikebreaker/Scab
**A person who works or is employed in place of others who are on strike. This makes the strike ineffective. Created racist tension.**
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Muckrakers
**They were investigative journalists during the Progressive Era. They exposed the working conditions in business.**
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Conservationist
**A person who acts for the protection and preservation of the environment and wildlife.**
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Lynch
**A group or mob to kill someone else without trial or conviction.**
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Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill
**Bill that was passed to make lynching a federal crime.**
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Suffrage
**right to vote in political elections**
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Temperance
**Abstinence of alcoholic drinks**
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Tenement
**Apartment or house that is split up between people or families.**
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Settlement Movement
**idea of public housing available for different nationalities that would have grocery stores, hospitals, and more near it. This would be affordable.**
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Clayton Antitrust Act
**to prevent unfair competition**
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1906 Meat Inspection Act
**Created USDA that inspects the meat and the animals. It can’t misbrand meat**
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1906 Pure Food and Drug Act
**There must be labels that say the ingredients on medical supplies and food**
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Child Labor Act of 1916
**Banned the sale of products that were made by employed children under 14**
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Square Deal
**If you expect things from the government they will deliver. Like labor, conservation, anti corruption, and consumer protection**
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Food and Drug Administration(FDA)
**Federal system to make sure food, drugs, and makeup are safe for people to use**
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Federal Trade Commission
**Prevents unfair business practices, enforces antitrust laws, and makes sure consumers are protected**
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Federal Reserve System
**It is the central bank of the United States to make sure our money is safe**
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16th Amendment
**Federal income tax**
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17th Amendment
**Allowed voters to cast votes for U.S. senators**
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18th Amendment
**Outlawed alcohol in the United States**
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19th Amendment
**Granted women the right to vote**
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NAWSA
**The National American Women's Suffrage Association helped pass the 19th Amendment**
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NAACP
**National Association for the Advancement of Colored People helped support black people**
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The Homestead Strike
**Dispute between steel mill workers and employers because their wages were going to be cut.**
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
**A factory fire in New York and it was the deadliest factory fire. 146 people died.**
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