progressive era reform

  • graft

    once in office political people became more corrupt because they would bring there friends in because they basically didn't want to be alone.
  • political machine

    political parties that dominated city goveernments in the United States. because of such success in getting their menbers elected they became known as the political machine.
  • rockefeller

    the founder of and Oil company followed a course similar to Andrew Corniage.
  • Horizontal intergation

    one comapany's control of other companies producing the same product.
  • muckrackers

    the investigative journalisists who wrote about the muck in dirt in the socitety.
  • triangle shirtwaist fire

    this guy thought these ladies were stealing form him so he would lock them in but one day a fire broke out and ladies died.
  • upton sinclair

    the jungle that was published by upton sinclair. it was based upon the things that the factories were doing to the food.
  • meat inspection act

    after reading the jungle, presient Rooselvelt was mad and decided to do a surprise meat inspection in the factories.