Progressive Era

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What do we call it when people walk out of their job and refuse to work?

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Strike

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What were the goals of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)? Higher Wages, Shorter Hours, Safer Working Conditions.

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All of these choices

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What event lead to laws being passed about fire exits?

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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

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What is a boycott?

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When customers refuse to buy a product from a certain company.

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Why were immigrants more willing to take the jobs that Americans were on strike from?

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Immigrants were desperate for money, and were willing to do the work.

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Why was The Jungle an important book?

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It showed poor conditions of meat factories.

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Which law broke up big business trusts into small companies?

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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What did the 16th Amendment do?

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Allowed the government to tax people's income

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What did the 17th Amendment do?

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Allowed citizens the right to vote for their senators

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A major goal of the Progressive movement was to

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correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society.