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| Reform movement which aimed to return control of the government to the people, restore economic opportunities, and correct injustices in American life. |
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| A newly divorced mother of three young children, she moved into Jane Addams's Hull House in Chicago and became an advocate for improving the lives of women and children. |
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| Became chief inspector of factories in Illinois and helped win passage of the Illinois Factory Act, 1893. |
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| Illinois Factory Act, 1893 |
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| Prohibited child labor and limited women's working hours; became a model for other states |
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| The banning of alcoholic beverages |
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| Women's Christian Temperance Union - founded in Chicago in 1873, it promoted the goal of prohibition; became the largest women's reform group in the nation's history under the direction of Francis Willard |
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| Headed the W.C.T.U. - Women's Christian Temperance Union; transformed it into the largest women's group in the nation's history; helped enact prohibition legislation |
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| Journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business in mass cirulation magazines during the 20th century; name coined by Theodore Roosevelt |
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| Popularized by Frederick Winslow Taylor, this concept attempted to improve efficiency in the work place by applying scientific principles to make tasks simpler and eaiser |
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Served three terms as governor of Wisconsin who fought corrupt railroad business practices and introduced such political reforms as initiative, referendum, and recall
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| a bill originated by people rather than lawmakers through the process of petition |
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| Refers to voters accepting or rejecting an initiative bill, rather than their elected lawmakers |
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Enabled voters to remove public officials from elected positions by forcing them to face another election before the end of their term if enough voters asked for it
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| Gave people of the states the power to vote directly for the Senators that would represent them in Congress; prior to this, state legislatures (often controlled by political machines) chose a state's senators |
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