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One of the first main women's rights organizations.
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Set regulations on railroads and prices, creating the first federal regulation on business.
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Combined The National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association to form one big main suffragist organization.
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African American female journalist who was a large part of anti-lynching.
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Written by Jacob Riis, brought the terrible living conditions of the poor and immigrants to light.
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Prevented trusts, made monopolies a negative thing.
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Organization that was a major part of the support of prohibition.
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Leader in progressive thought/education
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Roosevelt's plan to support both labor and business. Focused on conservation of resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. (Three C's)
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Female journalist, exploited oil monopolies in The History of the Standard Oil Company.
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Coal workers went on strike to ask for better wages and work hours. Led to the creation of the Bureau of Labor.
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A cabinet department that focused of business regulation.
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1903-1910, an American journalist who exploited the corruption in government.
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Amended Interstate Commerce Act, allowed for heavy fines on railroad rebates.
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The company was trying to create a monopoly, so the government fought them and disbanded them.
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Made sure that all meat was slaugthered/processed safely and healthily.
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A lead Progressive movement leader in Congress.
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Upton Sinclair's novel that brought many unsanitary food processing conditions to light.
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Mandated truthful labeling of foods and non-poisonous foods. Regulated the food industry.
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A large factory fire in New York that made people realize that conditions in sweatshops needed improvement.
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Socialist who felt that large corporations robbed the people.
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A progressive conservative party that supported Roosevelt.
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Allowed senators to be elected by popular vote.
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Drastically reduced foreign trade tariffs to encourage trade.
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Established the US Federal Reserve.
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Expanded on the Sherman Antitrust Act and made it clearer about guidelines against monopolies.
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Formed to ensure there was no anticompetitive/deceptive dealings in business.
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Created the first birth control clinic and fought for birth control legalization.
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Set regulations on how old children had to be to work.
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Gave all women the right to vote.
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Banned alcohol in the US.
