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Jane Adams
leader in the settlement house movement -
Social Gospel
reform movement that emerged in the late nineteenth century that sought to improve society by applying Christian principles -
Settlement House
community center organized at the turn of the twentieth century to provide social services to the urban poor -
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Progressivism & Populism
movement that responded to he pressures of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reforms -
Ida B. Wells
co-founded the National Association of Colored Women Suffrage-right to vote -
Muckraker
writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in politics or business -
Upton Sinclair
author of the The Jungle who exposed unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry -
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt
Democratic nominee and winner of the 1900 election -
Andrew Carnegie
United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
process in which citizens put a proposed new law direction on the ballot, process that allows citizens to approve or reject a new law passed by a legislature, process by which voters can remove elected officials from office before their term ends.