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Progressive Political Programs and Reforms

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progressive
favoring or advocating progress change, improvement, or reform
reform
improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.
modernization
to become modern, adopt new ways, views, etc.
environmentalism
advocate for protecting natural resources from pollution or its effects
social justice
society or institution based on the principles of equality and solidarity
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women's suffrage
women's right to vote, especially in a political election
Louis Brandeis
US lawyer and writer: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1916
city council
municipal body having legislative and administrative powers
John Dewey
US educator, administrator, and innovator in the field of library science
regulation
law, rule, or order prescribed by authority, often regulating business
trust buster
federal official who seeks to dissolve business trusts
social work
organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions
labor laws
laws designed to protect rights of workers
organized labor
workers organized in labor unions; considered a political force
prohibition
legal prohibiting of the sale of alcoholic drinks for common consumption
conservation
official supervision of natural resources in order to preserve and protect
national park
area owned and maintained by a national government for use of its people
municipal reform
reform of local government to introduce efficiency and weed out corruption
pragmatism
character or conduct that emphasizes practicality
progressive era
period of social activism and political reform-flourished from 1890s-1920s

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