The Progressive Era - Vocabulary

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No state could deny a citizen the right to vote on the basis of sex (women's right to vote)

Raked up the muck or dirt of American life and exposed the corrupt work of business

Laws passed under the Square Deal to protect consumers; passed because of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

Direct election of U.S. senators

Banning the sale and manufacturing of alcohol

Supported immediate racial equality and Founded the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

African Americans should seek vocational training and gradual racial equality

Wrote The Jungle, exposing the unsanitary practices of the meatpacking industry