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- 5. 1920 constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote
- 7. the right to vote
- 8. a campaigner for reforms and civil rights throughout her life. At different times she took up the cause of abolition, temperence, and working women's rights.
- 9. 1913 constitutional amendment that allowed for the direct election of U.S. senators by citizens
- 11. movement that responded to the pressures of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reforms
- 13. group organized in 1899 to investigate the conditions under which goods were made and sold and to promote safe working conditions and a minimum wage
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- 1. writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in government or business
- 2. was a reporter and editor for the New York Post and, later, the muckraking McClure's magazine. Steffens wrote articles and books exposing government corruption at the state and municipal levels.
- 3. cofounded Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago, in 1889. She lived and worked out of Hull House for the rest of her life. A pacifist and determined advocate for women's suffrage, Addams wrote many books and lectured widely. In 1931, she shared the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 4. a movement aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and the problems created by it
- 6. group founded in 1890 that worked on both the state and national levels to gain women the right to vote
- 10. reform movement that emerged in the late nineteenth century that sought to improve society by applying Christian principles
- 12. a Danish immigrant who became a New York City newspaper reporter in 1873. In 1888, as the crime reporter for the New York Evening Sun, he took photos of night life in the slums. Published in his 1890 book, How the Other Half Lives, the photos moved New York Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt to take up the cause of urban reform.