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GREAT PLAINS
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TERRITORY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
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SIOUX BLACKFOOT CHEYENNE COMMANCHE
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NOMADIC INDIAN TRIBES OF THE GREAT PLAINS
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PLAINS WARS
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1860'S-1880'S WARS BETWEEN VARIOSU TRIBES OF PLAINS INDIANS AND US ARMY
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SAND CREEK MASSACRE
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1864 ARMY MASSACRE OF PEACEFUL CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO WOMEN AND CHILDREN
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CUSTER'S LAST STAND
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SIOUX DEFEAT OF US ARMY REGIMENT AT LITTLE BIG HORN
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HELEN HUNT JACKSON
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AUTHOR OF A CENTURY OF DISHONOR
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A CENTURY OF DISHONOR
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JACKSON BOOK PUBLICIZING U.S. RECORD OF BROKEN PROMISES WITH AMERICAN INDIANS
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MEDICINE LODGE TREATY
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1867 TREATY IN WHICH INDIANS PROMISED TO LIVE ON RESERVATIONS IN OKLAHOMA
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FORT LARAMIE TREATY
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1868 TREATY IN WHICH INDIANS PROMISED TO LIVE ON RESERVATIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA
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BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS
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CHURCH-APPOINTED GOVERNMENT GROUP ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS TO REFORM RESERVATION SYSTEM
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SITTING BULL
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SIOUX CHIEF AT LITTLE BIG HORN AND GHOST DANCE MOVEMENT
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DAWES' SEVERALTY ACT
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1887 LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO BREAK UP THE INDIAN RESERVATIONS & ASSIMILATE THE INDIANS
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GHOST DANCE MOVEMENT
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1890 HALF-RELIGIOUS & HALF-MILITARY INDIAN RESISTANCE MOVEMENT
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WOUNDED KNEE
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1890 MASSACRE OF INDIANS IN SOUTH DAKOTA THAT ENDED THE PLAINS WARS
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1860'S - 1880'S
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DATE OF PLAINS WARS
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1876
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DATE OF CUSTER'S LAST STAND
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1887
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DATE OF DAWES' SEVERALTY ACT
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1890
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DATE OF GHOST DANCE MOVEMENT AND WOUNDED KNEE
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CORPORATION
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AMERICAN INNOVATIVE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION THAT RAISES HUGE CAPITAL BY SELLING SHARES TO PUBLIC
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LIMITED LIABILITY
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LEGAL ASPECT OF CORPORATION THAT PROTECTS INDIVIDUAL CORPORATE OFFICERS FROM THE DEBTS OF THE CORPORATION
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POOL
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VERBAL AGREEMENT AMONG COMPANIES TO CONTROL PRICES AND MARKETS
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VERTICAL INTEGRATION
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CONTROLLING ALL ASPECTS OF PRODUCTION FROM RAW MATERIALS TO DISTRIBUTION OF FINISHED PRODUCT
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HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION
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MERGER WITH COMPANIES THAT PRODUCE SIMILAR PRODUCT
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JAY GOULD
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MAGNATE WHO CONSOLIDATED THE RAILROADS
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RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION
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1870'S-1880'S EFFORTS BY GOULD AND HUNTINGTON TO STANDARDIZE AMERICAN RAILROADS AND CREATE AN INTEGRATED NETWORK
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RATE DISCRIMINATION
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UNFAIR RAILROAD PRICING THAT GAVE LOW RATES TO LARGE SHIPPERS AND IMPOSSIBLY HIGH RATES TO SMALL SHIPPERS
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT
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1887 LAW THAT BANNED POOLING AND DISCRIMINATORY SHORT-DISTANCE RAILROAD RATES
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
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COMMISSION ESTABLISHED IN 1887 TO OVERSEE PRACTICES OF INTERSTATE RAILROADS
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HEPBURN ACT
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1906 LEGISLATION THAT STRENGTHENED THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT
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J. PIERPINT MORGAN
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BANKER & RAILROAD INDUSTRIALIST DURING THE PERIOD OF AM. INDUSTRIALIZATION
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ANDREW CARNEGIE
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STEEL TYCOON WHO PERFECTED VERTICAL INTEGRATION
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JOHN D. ROCKEFEELLER
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OIL TYCOON THAT FIRST USED THE TRUST TO ELIMINATE COMPETITION
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TRUST
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UMBRELLA CORPORATION THAT RUNS SEVERAL OTHER CORPORATIONS, DESIGNED TO SUPPRESS COMPETITION
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SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT
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INEFFECTIVE 1890 LEGISLATION THAT OUTLAWED TRUSTS THAT FIXED PRICES IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
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U.S. V. KNIGHT
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1895 SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT THAT EXEMPTED MANUFACTURING FROM SHERMAN ACT AND THUS FATALLY WEAKENED THAT ACT
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1887
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DATE OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT
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1890
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DATE OF SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT
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NATIONAL LABOR UNION
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FIRST MAJOR LABOR UNION, EST. IN 1866 BY WILLIAM SYLVIS
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WILLIAM SYLVIS
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LEADER OF NATIONAL LABOR UNION
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KNIGHTS OF LABOR
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HIGHLY INCLUSIVE LABOR UNION THAT DOMINATE AMERICAN LABOR FROM 1860'S TO 1880'S
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TERENCE V. POWDERLY
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LEADER OF KNIGHTS OF LABOR
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AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
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FIRST SUCCESSFUL LABOR UNION, FOUNDED BY GOMPERS IN 1886
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BREAD-AND-BUTTER ISSUES
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TERM FOR BASIC LABOR ISSUES LIKE WAGES & HOURS, AS OPPOSED TO UTOPIAN ISSUES LIKE COOPERATIVES AND SOCIALISM
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SAMUEL GOMPERS
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FOUNDER OF AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
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FEDERATION
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ANY ORGANIZATION THAT COMBINES SEMI-AUTONOMOUS UNITS--LIKE STATES (USA) OR CRAFT UNIONS (AFL)
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RAILROAD STRIKE
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1877 WILDCAT RAILROAD STRIKE, THE FIRST MAJOR AM. STRIKE
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WILDCAT STRIKE
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A STRIKE NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE UNION
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HAYMARKET RIOT
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1886 CHICAGO CONFRONTATION BETWEEN LABOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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PULLMAN STRIKE
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1894 STRIKE IN WHICH FEDERAL TROOPS WERE SYSTEMATICALLY USED TO SMASH UNION POWER
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EUGENE V. DEBS
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LABOR LEADER DURING PULLMAN STRIKE
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STRIKEBREAKERS
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UNEMPLOYED WORKERS USED BY COMPANIES TO REDUCE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRIKES
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IN RE DEBS
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SUPREME CASE THAT LEGALIZED USE OF INJUNCTIONS AGAINST LABOR UNIONS
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INJUNCTION
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COURT ORDER TO PROHIBIT A STRIKE
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SOCIAL DARWINISM
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PRO-CAPITALIST IDEA THAT SUGGESTS THAT INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION WAS SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, AND THAT BOTH WINNERS & LOSERS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION GOT WHAT THEY DESERVED
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HENRY GEORGE
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AUTHOR OF PROGRESS AND POVERTY, PROPOSED SINGLE TAX
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PROGRESS AND POVERTY
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HENRY GEORGE BOOK THAT PROPOSED SINGLE TAX
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SINGLE TAX
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HENRY GEORGE IDEA THAT TAXING LAND WOULD PROVIDE REVENUE NEEDED TO AMELIORATE MISERY CAUSED BY INDUSTRIALIZATION
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EDWARD BELLAMY
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AUTHOR OF LOOKING BACKWARD, A UTOPIAN NOVEL OF AN AMERICA WITHOUT POVERTY OR STRIKE
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LOOKING BACKWARD
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EDWARD BELLAMY NOVEL ABOUT AN AMERICA WITHOUT POVERTY OR STRIKE
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ANARCHISTS
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GROUPS PROPOSING OVERTHROW OF THE STATE
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OLD IMMIGRANTS
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1820-1880 WAVES OF IMMIGRANTS FROM NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
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NEW IMMIGRANTS
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1880-1920 WAVES OF IMMIGRANTS FROM SOUTHERN AND EASTERN EUROPE
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PULL FACTORS
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FACTORS THAT IMPELLED PEOPLE TO COME TO AMERICA
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PUSH FACTORS
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FACTORS THAT IMPELLED PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR NATIONS OF ORIGIN
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ELLIS ISLAND
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FEDERAL FACILITY FOR ADMITTING IMMIGRANTS IN NEW YORK HARBOR
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CHAIN MIGRATION
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IMMIGRANTS' TENDENCY TO LIVE WITH RECENT IMMIGRANTS FROM THE SAME TOWN OF ORIGIN
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THE GRANGE
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1870'S COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION OF FARMERS
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FARMERS' COOPERATIVES
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ORGANIZATION DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE BUYING POWER OF FARMERS
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GRANGER LAWS
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1870'S STATE LAWS FIXING MAXIMUM RAILROAD RATES
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MUNN V. ILLINOIS
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SUPREME COURT CASE THAT UPHELD THE GRANGER LAWS
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FARMERS' ALLIANCE MOVEMENT
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1880'S FARMERS' PROTEST MOVEMENT
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FREE SILVER
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POPULIST CALL FOR SILVER COINAGE TO REDUCE DEBT PROBLEMS OF FARMERS
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PEOPLE'S PARTY
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PRO-FARMER PARTY OF THE 1890'S, ALSO CALLED POPULISTS
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POPULISM
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PRO-FARMER POLITICAL MOVEMENT OF EARLY 1890'S THAT ADVOCATED FREE SLIVER AND VARIOUS FED. GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO HELP FARMERS
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JAMES B. WEAVER
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POPULIST CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN 1892
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WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
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FARMER- AND FREE-SILVER ADVOCATE WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT AS DEMOCRAT IN 1896, 1900, AND 1908
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PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT
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LOOSE TERM FOR THE REFORM MOVEMENT OF WHITE MIDDLE CLASS SEEKING TO IMPROVE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS IN EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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THORSTEIN VEBLEN
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AUTHOR OF THE THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS
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THEORY OF THE MIDDLE CLASS
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1899 SATIRE SCORNING EXTRAVAGANCE OF THE NEWLY RICH CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY
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WILLIAM JAMES
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'PRAGMATIST' WHO ARGUED THAT THE PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION COULD BE IMPROVED BY INTELLIGENT AND PURPOSEFUL ACTION
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HERBERT CROLY
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PROGRESSIVE INTELLECTUAL WHO CALLED FOR ACTIVIST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO REFORM PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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JANE ADDAMS
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PROGRESSIVE REFORMER WHO DEMANDED THAT MIDDLE-CLASSES WORK ALONG WITH LABORING MASSES TO IMPROVE INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS
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JOHN DEWEY
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PROGRESSIVE REFORMER WHO SAID PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD BE AGENTS OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN INDUTRIAL AMERICA
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MUCKRAKERS
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TERM FOR PROGRESSIVE JOURNALISTS WHO EXPOSED CORPORATE AND POLITICAL ABUSES
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LINCOLN STEFFENS
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PROGRESSIVE MUCKRAKER WHOSE WORK EXPOSED URBAN PROBLEMS
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IDA TARBELL
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PROGRESSIVE MUCKRAKER WHOSE WORK EXPOSED ABUSES OF BIG CORPORATIONS
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ASHCAN SCHOOL
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PROGRESSIVE PAINTERS WHO PORTRAYED THE HARSHNESS OF URBAN SLUM LIFE
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1870'S
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DECADE OF THE GRANGE MOVEMENT
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1880'S
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DECADE OF THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE MOVEMENT
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1900-1917
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PERIOD OF PROGRESSIVE REFORM
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