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Americans who set out to reform government and improve life for the poor and needy.
Progressives
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A special committee
Commission
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A dishonest way of acting (threatened many local governments)
Corruption
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A company that has very little or no competition.
Monopoly
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An agreement to stop fighting.
Armistice
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Wise use and protection of natural resources.
Conservation
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A narrow stretch of land connecting two larger masses of land.
Isthmus
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Rights guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution.
Civil Rights
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Kind of reporting that does not tell the truth and exaggerates,also called propaganda.
Yellow Journalism
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Invented the phonograph and established electric power stations.
Thomas Edison
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Governor of Wisconsin who worked for government reform and labor reform.
Robert M. La Falletta
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President who agreed with progressives and also supported conservation efforts.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Used the assembly line to produce cars faster and less expensively.
Henry Ford
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A woman who is remembered as one of the first American civil rights leader.
Ida B. Wells
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