The+Progressive+Era

The Progressive Era Progress

Women's Rights---> Key Terms and Peaple:
 * Word || Definition || Own word ||
 * **Prohibition** || A ban on alcohol that became law in 1920; the ban was lifted in 1933. ||  ||
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 * **Muckrakers** || A term coined for journalists who “raked up” and exposed corruption and problems of society. ||  ||
 * **Tarbell, Ida** || (1857–1944) Investigative journalist; she wrote a report condemning the corrupt business practices of John D. Rockefeller in McClure’s magazine. ||  ||
 * **Steffens, Lincoln** || (1866–1936) Exposed government corruption in his 1904 book, The Shame of the Cities ||  ||