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progressive era
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History
7th Grade
04/05/2009

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Industrialization
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the main cause of the social problems in america in the late 1800s and early1900s
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Urbanization
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the movement of people to cities to look for jobs and prosperity
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Immigration
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the widespread movement of people from one country to another
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Elise Island
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where most european immigrants landed in america
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Laissez-faire
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government interference beyond the minimum
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Income tax
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taxes that were based on Income
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Muckrakers
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journalists who uncovered many of the american problems at the turn of the century
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Teddy Roosevelt
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progressive president who in vented the national park service
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Labor Unions
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organization run by and for workers who banded together to achieve common goals
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NAACP
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major reform group that wanted to gain equal rights for blacks
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Socialism
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an economic theory where there is no private property and government owns all goods
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The Jungle
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a book that jim crowe wrote
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Food and Drug act
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the act that was passed that required meat to meet a certain standerd
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conservation
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when nthe gvernment conserved things?
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