History Week 20 Progressive Era

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civil rights activist who urged blacks to concentrate on furthering themselves economically through vocational education rather than agitating politically

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Booker T. Washington

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civil rights activist who urged blacks to agitate politically for their rights, fearing vocational education would force blacks into an inferior labor class

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W.E.B. DuBois

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a muckraker who exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry in his 20th century novel, The Jungle.

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Upton Sinclair

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educational reformer and leader in progressive education

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John Dewey

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amendment to the US constitution that granted women suffrage

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19th

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amendment to the US constitution that provided for the direct election of US senators

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17th

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A movement of the 20th century that attempted to address the economic and social problems brought about by rapid industrialization.

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Progressive

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US journalists and other writers who exposed corruption in politics and business in the early 20th century

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Muckrakers

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civil rights organization founded by W.E.B. Du Bois and others to fight legal battles on behalf of blacks

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NAACP

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novel written by Upton Sinclair that exposed the health violations/unsanitary practices in the American meatpacking industry during the early 20th century

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The Jungle