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Americans who set out to reform government and improve life for the poor and needy

progressives
A special committee (especially in government)

commission
A dishonest way of acting (threatened many local governments)

corruption
A company that has very little or no competition

monopoly
An agreement to stop fighting

armistice
Wise use and protection of natural resources

documentary sources
Travel by air

aviation
A narrow stretch of land connecting two larger masses of land

isthmus
Rights guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution

civil rights
Kind of reporting that does not tell the truth and exaggerates, also called propaganda

yellow journalism
To change

reform
Invented the phonograph and established electric power stations

Thomas Edison
Governor of Wisconsin who worked for government reform and labor reform

Robert M. La Follette
President who agreed with progressives and also supported conservation efforts

Theodore Roosevelt
Used the assembly line to produce cars faster and less expensively

Henry Ford
A woman who is remembered as one of the first American civil rights leaders

Ida B. Wells

Author

Anonymous

193468

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