Chapter 6

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

A special committee (especially in government)

A dishonest way of acting (threatened many local governments)

A company that has very little or no competition

An agreement to stop fighting

Wise use and protection of natural resources

travel by air

A narrow stretch of land connecting two larger masses of land

Rights guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution.

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

to change

Invented the phonograph and established electric power stations

Governor of Wisconsin who worked for government reform and labor reform

President who agreed with progressives and also supported conservation efforts

Used the assembly line to produce cars faster and less espensively

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