US History Vocabulary Review

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These were extended to include public education, transportation, and other public facilities. Also separate and inferior facilities for minority groups.

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Jim Crow Laws

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Journalists nicknamed by Teddy Roosevelt who investigated and uncovered many of the problems of society during the Industrial Age.

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Muckrakers

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Muckraker who investigated the Oil industry.

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Ida Tarbell

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Muckraker who investigated the food industry and wrote the book "The Jungle"

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Upton Sinclair

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Muckraker who investigated poverty within cities.

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Jacob Riis

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Formed in 1909 by W.E.B DuBois to protect Constitutional Amendments for African Americans.

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NAACP

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1896 Supreme Court decision that stated "separate but equal" doctrine was constitutional.

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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Allowed citizens to force a vote on a certain issue if an elected official would not act upon it.

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initiative

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Allowed citizens to hold special elections to remove corrupt politicians from office before their term ends.

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recall

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First "progressive president"; First "Conservation President"; created the Division of Forestry, the first national parks, national forests, and national monuments.

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Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt