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Progressive movement test
Warfles 6b hr us history II
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History
11th Grade
10/21/2008

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Industrilization

 

Definition
Becoming more industrialized
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Progressivism

 

Definition
Moving forward in culture and technology
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Muckraking
Definition
Uncovering bad stuff that happens in the World
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Suffrage
Definition
Womens rights for voting
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Civil Rights
Definition
Equal Treatment
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Segregation
Definition
Seperation of Whites and blacks
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Popular Culture
Definition
A way of life that is popular among the people
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Robert LaFollette
Definition

Served 3 terms as Governor of Wisconsin

Was elected to the Senate in 1906

Died in 1925

 

Setup Railroad Commission

 

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Initative and Referendum
Definition
Senators can be elected and demoted from office if the public deems it necessary
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Direct Primary
Definition
Direct election of senators
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Seventeenth Amendment
Definition

Sentors elected at time of other officials

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Granger Movement
Definition

a campaign for state control of railroads and grain elevators, esp. in the north central states, carried on during the 1870s by members of the Patrons of Husbandry (the Grange), a farmers' organization that had been formed for social and cultural purposes.

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