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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
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193468
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chapter 6
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