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Muckrackers
Journalists who use publicity to expose corruption and attack abuses of power in businesses & gov't |
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Square Deal
Roosevelt's policy of having the federal government promote the public interest by dealing even handedly with both labor and business |
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Meat Inspection Act of 1906
Progressive law aimed at curbing meat handling practices exposed in Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle" |
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Conservation
The action of conserving something, saving something |
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1902 Coal Strike
Mine owners refused to bargain so the miners went on strike; Teddy Roosevelt threatened to take over the mines and meet everybody's needs |
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