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Hannah Brazzell C-2

  1. Americans who set out to reform government and improve life for the poor  and needy.
    Progressives
  2. A special committee
    Commission
  3. A dishonest way of acting (threatened many local governments)
    Corruption
  4. A company that has very little or no competition.
    Monopoly
  5. An agreement to stop fighting.
    Armistice
  6. Wise use and protection of natural resources.
    Conservation
  7. Travel by air
    Aviation
  8. A narrow stretch of land connecting two larger masses of land.
    Isthmus
  9. Rights guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution.
    Civil Rights
  10. Kind of reporting that does not tell the truth and exaggerates,also called propaganda.
    Yellow Journalism
  11. To change
    Reform
  12. Invented the phonograph and established electric power stations.
    Thomas Edison
  13. Governor of Wisconsin who worked for government reform and labor reform.
    Robert M. La Falletta
  14. President who agreed with progressives and also supported conservation efforts.
    Theodore Roosevelt
  15. Used the assembly line to produce cars faster  and less expensively.
    Henry Ford
  16. A woman who is remembered as one of the first American civil rights leader.
    Ida B. Wells
Author
Anonymous
ID
193268
Card Set
Hannah Brazzell C-2
Description
social studies
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