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| the "real heart" of the progressive movement was teh effort by reformers to |
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| use the government as an agency of human welfare |
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| female progressives often justified their reformist political activities on the basis of |
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| their being essentially an extension of women's traditional roles as wives and mothers |
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| emerged in both major political parties, in all regions and in all levels of government |
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| The progressive movement was instrumental in getting the seventeenth amendment added to the Constitution, which provided for |
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| direct election of senators |
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| In Muller v Oregon the supreme court upheld the principle promoted by progressives like Florence Kelley and Louis Brandeis that |
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| female workers required special rules and protection on the job |
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| The public outcry after the horrible Triangle SHirtwaist fire led many states to pass |
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| restrictions on female employment in the clothing industry |
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| The Elkins and Hepburn acts dealt with the subject of |
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| Teddy Roosevelt believed that trusts |
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| were here to stay with their efficient means of production |
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| As president, William Howard Taft |
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| was wedded more to the status quo than to progressive change |
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| President Taft's foreign policy was dubbed |
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