Muckraker - Journalists who wrote about and exposed corruption in government and big business. , The Jungle - It's publication led to the creation of food safety laws such as the Meat Inspection Act Meat Inspection Act., Ida Tarbell - Muckraker who wrote a series of articles criticizing J.D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company., How the Other Half Lives - Primarily pictures, the book showed the struggles and poor living conditions of workers in bug cities., Hull House  - founded for the purpose of providing educational opportunities for immigrants, in particular immigrant women, Jim Crow Laws - Laws and pushed African Americans out of politics and society. Examples: barred from voting, segregated schools., Plessy v. Ferguson - Supreme court ruled that separate but equal was constitutional., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - Founded in 1909 with the purpose of challenging Jim Crow laws and lynchings. , W.E.B. DuBois - was one of the main founders of the NAACP, Brown v. Board of Education - Supreme court ruled against separate but equal and order that schools be den, The Progressive Movement - Started in the early 20th century, they wanted to improve democracy by empowering voters and rid the government and business of corruption.  , Initiative/Referendum - allows voters to suggest and approve laws directly, instead of having to go through the state legislature. , Recall - allows voters to remove politicians from office who are unsatisfactory, without having to wait for the person's term in office to end., Conservation Movement - Began in the 1870s this, was the first wave of the environmentalist movement. ,

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