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what is the middle class?
a new class for people just who aren’t poor and whoa rent rich
muckcrackers
the journalist of there time
lincoln steffens
exposed corrupt gov
jacob riis
exposed tenement housing, and urban problems
ida b wells
founding member of NAACP, racism, lynching, segregation
ida tarbell
spent 5 years studying standard oil
nelly bly
she went undercover to help fix mental instututions
florence kelly
child labor and women working conditions
upton sinclair
exposed meat packing in chicago
mother jones
keating-owens act
worked with child labor
temperence
stop husbands from drinking
16th amendment
created income tax
WCTU
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
17th amendment
direct election for senetors
18th amendment
no alcohol
19th amendment
women voting
seneca fall convention
the first time women started to meet to talk about what they wanted to fight for
direct primary
the people pick there political parties
recall
voters can remove public servents
referendum
citizens can approve/reject law to be voted on in new election
initiative
people prepose a new law
NAWSA
national american women sufferage association
silent sentinals
a group ran by alice paul and lucy burns