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Imperialism & Progressive Unit Project
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History
11th Grade
04/19/2014

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Muckrackers 

Journalists who use publicity to expose corruption and attack abuses of power in businesses & gov't
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Square Deal

Roosevelt's policy of having the federal government promote the public interest by dealing even handedly with both labor and business
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Meat Inspection Act of 1906

Progressive law aimed at curbing meat handling practices exposed in Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle"
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Conservation

The action of conserving something, saving something
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1902 Coal Strike

Mine owners refused to bargain so the miners went on strike; Teddy Roosevelt threatened to take over the mines and meet everybody's needs
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