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| Brave reporters at the turn of the century who exposed injustices done within industry and government. |
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| Established direct election of US senetors by popular vote. |
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| Justifies both sex discrimination and usage of labor laws. Supported Oregons restriction on the number of hours women were allowed to work for back then. |
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| A 1906 US federal law that gave the interstate commerce commission the power to set maximum railroad rates and extend it's jurisdiction. This was one of president Roosevelt's major goals: railroad regulation and as well this contributed to the panic of 1907. |
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Pure Food & Drug Act
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| Its main purpose was to ban foreign and interstate traffic in adulterated or mislabeled food and drug products, and it directed the U.S. Bureau of Chemistry to inspect products and refer offenders to prosecutors. |
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"Shame Of The Cities"
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| A collection of articles that reports on the workings of corrupt political machines in several major U.S. cities, along with a few efforts to combat them.This is considered one of the several major early pieces of muckraking |
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"How The Other Half Lives"
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| An early publication of photojournalism made by Jacob Riis that documented the bad living conditions in the new york city slums. |
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| A novel by Upton Sinclair where he portrayed the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the U.S. However more people were concerned with his exposure of health violations with the meat packing industry which lead to reforms such as the Pure Food & Drug Act. |
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Initiative,Referendum,Recall
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| Initiative, in political terminology, means the process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes, and in some states, constitutional amendments, on the ballot. Referendum is the general term that refers to a measure that appears on the ballot. Recall is a procedure that allows citizens to remove and replace public officials before the end of their term. |
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