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Politcal Machines
Commands enough votes to maintain political and administrative control of a city, county, or state. -
Industrialization
is the process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods. Individual manual labor is often replaced by mechanized mass production -
Nativism
In response to the waves of immigration in the mid-nineteenth century, Nativists created political parties and tried to limit the rights of immigrants. -
Susan B. Anthony
Ida B. Wells was an African-American journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. -
Bessemer steel production
The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. -
Knights of Labor (Labor Union)
It originated as a secret organization meant to protect its members from employer retaliations. -
Tenement
a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city. Housing for double in population. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Credited with invention of telephone to help with industrialize America. -
Great Railroad Strike 1877
Workers for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad went on strike, because the company had reduced workers' wages twice over the previous year. -
Gilded Age
an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. As American wages were much higher than those in Europe -
Samuel Gompers
Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor, and served as the organization's president from 1886 to 1894, and from 1895 until his death in 1924. -
American Federation of Labor (Labor Union)
Sought tangible economic gains, such as higher wages, shorter hours, and better conditions, in addition to staying out of politics. -
Haymarket Riot
The aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on at Haymarket Square in Chicago. It began as a peaceful rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour day and in reaction to the killing of several workers the previous day by the police. -
Interstate Commerce Act
Is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry. -
Jane Addams
intended Hull House to serve as a prototype for other settlement houses. Jane Addams was considered the founder of a new profession — social work. -
Andrew Carnegie
He epitomized the Gilded Age ideal of the self-made man, rising from poverty to become one of the wealthiest individuals in the history of the world. the owner of the Carnegie Steel Company, and a major philanthropist. -
Settlement Houses
Social and cultural centers established by reformers in slum areas of American cities. Social and cultural centers established by reformers in slum areas of American cities, the goal for rich and poor to be in proximity. -
Jacob Riis
Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. -
Social Gospel
A religious movement that arose in the United States in the late nineteenth century with the goal of making the Christian churches more responsive to social problems, such as poverty and prostitution. -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
are three powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition, to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office-- eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corruption in government. -
William Jennings Bryan
e emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, standing three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States. -
Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells was an African-American journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts. -
Homestead Strike 1892
Was one of the most bitterly fought industrial disputes in the history of U.S. labor. -- Pennsylvania, pitted one of the most powerful new corporations, Carnegie Steel Company, against the nation's strongest trade union, the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. -
Pullman Strike 1894
Widespread railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest of the United States in June–July 1894. -
Klondike Gold Rush
a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada. -
Robber Barons (Captains of Industry)
Powerful U.S. capitalist or industrialist of the late 19th century considered to have become wealthy by exploiting natural resources, corrupting legislators, or other unethical means. -
Populism and Progressivism
A line differing the Populists who were mainly aggrieved farmers who advocated radical reforms, and the progressives were urban, middle-class reformers who wanted to increase the role of government in reform while maintaining a capitalist economy. -
Clarence Darrow
prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform. -
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. president; launched a collection of progressive domestic policies known as the Square Deal -
Industrial Workers of the World
Sought to organize unskilled laborers in order to challenge and overthrow the capitalist system -
The Pure Food and Drug Act
Was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws which was enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. -
Upton Sinclair
His classic muckraking novel The Jungle (1906) is a landmark among naturalistic proletarian work. -
Muckracker
The name muckraker was pejorative when used by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in his speech of April 14, 1906. A person who intentionally seeks out and publishes the misdeeds, such as criminal acts or corruption, of a public individual for profit or gain. -
Dollar Diplomacy
was a form of American foreign policy to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.
the use of a country's financial power to extend its international i -
Eugene V. Debbs
one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. -- opposed Woodrow Wilson as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1912 presidential election. -
16th Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census.Other taxes, such as taxes on houses or other property are considered “direct” taxes by the Constitution and would have to be divided back among the states. -
17th Amendment
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. -
Federal Reserve Act
An Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System, and which created the authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes as legal tender. -
18th Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution effectively established the prohibition of intoxicating liquors in the United States by declaring the production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
A bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding .shocked Americans by revealing an unprecedented level of greed and corruption within the federal government. -
19th Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex.
Huge impact for Women's Rights.
