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Progressive Movement Progress in what areas?
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The desire to remove corruption from government through the taming of bosses and political machines;
the effort to include more people more directly in the political process; the belief that government must play a role to solve social problems and establish fairness in economic matters.
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IDA TARBELL WHO WAS INVOLVED? UPTON SINCLAIR LINCOLN STEFFENS
MUCKRAKERS
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Muckrakers - name applied to American journalists, novelists, and critics who in the 20th century attempted to expose the abuses of business and the corruption in politics.
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REFORM IN GOVERNMENT - child labor laws - 10 hour workday - worker’s compensation - 17th Amendment – direct election of senators
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WOMEN OCCUPATIONS
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Women Higher Education - Smith College Wellesley College
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Women’s Suffrage
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Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton National Women Suffrage Association
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Teddy Roosevelt Square Deal
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Trustbusting
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Meat Inspection Act -Strict Clean Requirements
-Created Federal Meat Inspections
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Pure Food and Drug Act -Halted Sale of Contaminated Food and Medicines
-Called for Truth in Labeling
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"There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country
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Civil Rights Desegregation
In 1899, while Governor of New York, Theodore Roosevelt pushed a bill desegregating state schools. First African-American entertained at the White House In 1901, right after he was sworn in as President after the death of President William McKinley, he invited Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Institute to the White House for a meeting. The meeting ran late, and TR invited Mr. Washington to dinner. This was the first time that an African-American was entertained at the White House as a guest. "the North and the South act in just the same way toward the Negro”
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