muckraker - journalists who exposed the ills and corruption in Ameriacan society, Jacob Riis - photojournalist who showed the slum-like conditions in American cities , 16th amendment - graduated income tax, 17th amendment - direct election of senators, 18th amendment - the prohibition of the sale and manufacture of alcohol, 19th amendment - the right to vote for women, conservationist movement - the movement to preserve natural resources and prevent their rapid destruction, Theodore Roosevelt - conservationist president - determined to protect natural resources- est'd national parks and forests, Ida Tarbell - exposed John D. Rockefeller as a ruthless and corrupt businessman, Jane Addams - est'd Hull House (settlement house) in Chicago to help immigrants settle , initiative - people have the right to propose a new law, referendum - law passed by the legislature can be refered to the people for approval/veto, recall - the people can petition and vote to have an elected official removed from office, Progressive Era election reforms - initiative, referedum, recall, Pure Food and Drug Act - Forbade the manufacture or sale of mislabeled or adulterated food or drugs, it gave the government broad powers to ensure the safety of food or drugs, Prohibition Era - ban on alcohol- lasted throughout the 1920s,

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