progressive - a reformer in the late 1800s-early 1900s who wanted to improve American life (want to make things better), patronage - the practice of awarding government jobs to political supporters, Muckraker - a journalist who exposed bad business practices/corruption/problems (dig up the "muck"--the dirt), Square Deal - Theodore Roosevelt's campaign promise that all groups/people would have an equal chance to succeed (equality for everyone) , Sherman Antitrust Act - an 1890s law that banned the formation of trusts and monopolies (they are illegal), Trustbuster - a person who wanted to break apart/get rid of all trusts, Conservation - protection of natural resources (parks, cleaning up pollution, saving animals), Prohibition - a legal ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor in the U.S. form 1920-1933 (could not make, sell, or move alcohol), Suffrage - the right to vote (women's suffrage -- woman's right to vote), Hull House - settlement house founded by Progressive reformer Jane Addams in Chicago to help the poor, NAACP - an organization founded in 1909 to work towards equal rights for African Americans, 18th Amendment - made it illegal to sell alcoholic drinks (banned alcohol), 19th Amendment - gives women the right to vote, National Woman's Suffrage Association - a group set up in 1869 to work for a constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote,

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