reporters and writers who exposed corruption and the abuses of big business - muckraker, the right to vote - suffrage, Prohibition - prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages - 18th amendment, established the right to vote for women - 19th amendment, procedure by which a public official may be removed from public office by popular vote - recall, procedure by which voters can vote for a proposed initiative on a ballot - referendum, term used to describe Roosevelt's attempt to reform big business by breaking up trusts - trustbuster, the preservation of wilderness areas - conservation, regulation of the preparation of foods and then sale of medicines - Pure Food and Drug Act (1906), Early civil rights leader and co-founder of the NAACP. He demanded equality for African Americans - W.E.B. Du Bois, author of "The Jungle" a book that described the terrible conditions of the meat packing industry. His book led to the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act - Upton Sinclair, an organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions and pay - labor union, refusal to work until demands are met - Strikes, going forward to something considered better - progressive, Formal approval - Ratification, Allows the federal government to collect income tax - 16th Amendment, People directly elect senators - 17th Amendment, Key leader of woman suffrage movement - Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthony, the founder of Hull House, a settlement house which provided English lessons for immigrants, daycares, and child care classes - Jane Addams, Power of the people to propose a new law - Initiative,

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