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Indian Removal
On thsi date, a law was passed by congress during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. It allowed the President to make a deal with Indian Tribes in the Southern United States for the removal to Reservations to terriotry west of the Mississippi -
Homestead Act
The Homestead Act was a law signed by Abraham Lincoln that stated that anyone who had never taken up arms against the US goverment, 21 year or older, or the head of a family could now file an application to claim a federeal land grant. -
Civil Service Reform
The Civil Service Reform of 1882 was a federal law in the United States that established the rules and regulations regarding who could be hired for and retain jobs within the federal government. This allowed employess of the federal government to get jobs based on merit and not on political affiliation -
Dawes Act
In 1877, Henry Dawes, A Senator from Massachusetts, Brought out an act that broke up previous land settlements given to Native Americans in the form of reservations, and seperated them into smalled, seperate parcels of land for the Native Americans to live on. -
Haymarket Riot
On May 4th, 1886, a labor protest rally in Chicago turned into a riot when someone threw a bomb at the Police. At least 8 people were killed in this riot. This riot was viewed as a setback for the organized labor movements in America. -
The Gilded Age
The 19th Century was considered the Gilded Age by Mark Twain. By this, he measnt that the period was amazing and perfect on the surface but terribly corrupt underneath. This period had money pouring everywhere and everybody happy but also had shady buinsessman and unnecssary laws and acts. -
Ida B. Wells
Ida B Wells was already a slave when she was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi. She grew up to become a journalist, She led an Anti-Lynching mission in the UNited Sate in the 1890s, and she went on to create anti-violence groups fighting for African-American Justice. -
Eugene V. Debs
Eugene V. Debs became president of the American Railway Union. He made a successful strike for higher pay against the northern Railroad in 1894. he got greater attention when he went to jail for his role in leading the Chicago Pullman Palace Car Company Stike. He was also the Socialist party's president condidate in 1900, 1908, 1912, and 1920. -
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow moved to Chicago in 1887 and tried to free the anarchists that were being accused in the Haymarket Riot. In 1894 he also defended Eugene V. Debs who was arrested on a federal charger arising from the Pullman Strike. He also proved non guilty for labor leader WIlliam D Haywood For assassination charges. -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny was the Widely held belief that the United States settlers were destined to contonue their life and build upon the land and expand to the west to continue to expland throughout the enitre continent. Oregon Trail was one of the main routes used to get to the Western Side of the United States. -
Klondike Gold Rush
THe Klondike Gold Rush was a migration of hundred of thousand of Prospectors, Workers, or random Civilians who were trying to become rich quick. there was news of gold being found in the Klondike region and these men rushed there to Risk their lifes to dig up gold and become rich. -
Populism and Progressivism
Populism and Progressivism were two topics that were argued and fought for during the 20 century. the basic idea of progressivism was to uplifting the country by means of socio-economic and political reforms. this plan was built for upper-class citizens. Populism was the thought that people and important decision making could uplift the government. this plan was favored by middle to lower class citizens. -
immigration and the American Dream
Immigration hit an All-TIme high after the depression of the 1890s, It jumped from a low of 3.5 million to a high of 9 million. immigarants from all over the Northern and WEstern Europe were coming to America to Live the American Dream which was to get a job, start a family, buy a house and have a car. Many people who got to the US started off working in factories and later had different occupations. Immigarants came to the US seeking a new and amazing life. -
Susan B Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was a leading figure in the abolitionist and woman's voting rights movement. She was a partner with Elizabeth Stanton and would lead the National American Woman Suffrage Association which would go around fighting for Woman's Rights such as being able to vote and able to work just like men do. -
Political Machines
Political machines were party orgnaizations that was headed by a single boss that commanded enough voted to maintain political and administrative control of a city, country, or state. They were paid if the person that were representing won the election. -
Urbanization and Industrialization
During the Years of the 1900s the United States began to lean towards the Industrialization Era and began building factories and was becoming a nation that was slowly moving away from the farming era. This begun the Urbanization era. People began moving to cities and began overpopulating cities such as New York and Pittsburgh. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore becomes president after McKinley is assassianted and during his terms of being president, Theodore does things such as making the Square Deal which made working conditions better for workers. He helped the Navy becomes the best military unit in the world. he also belived that segregation was needed to be removed from the US and was the 1st president who invited an African American into the White House. -
Andrew Carnagie
Andrew Carnegie Conculdes Negotiations To Form the United States Steel Corporation. This company begins working on some of the largest railroad networks ever made. first corportation with over a billion dollars in market capital -
Initiative, Referendum, & Recall
Initiative - Power to propse new legislation. To place an initiative on the ballot, petititons must be filed with a specific number of signitures
Referendum - The Power to reject or overturn legislative actions taken by the council
Recall - The Power to remove an elected official from office. If a Petition with the required number of valid signitures is the officer may resign or run for retention at a special election -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The Pure food and Drug act was a federal law that provided federal inspection of emat procedures and forbides the manufacture, sale, or transportation or adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines. -
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair was a very popular American author back in the 1900s. He wrote nearly 100 books in many genres but his most famous book was "The Jungle" who described the terrible working conditions in the Meat-Packing industry where many new immigrants began working. It showed pictures of Diseases, Rotten, and Contaminated Meat just being sold to the public. It led to new federal food safety laws. -
Social Gospel
The Social Gospel was a religius Social-reform movement that was around from about 1870 to 1920. These movements were dedicated to the betterment of socirty theought the biblical principles of charity and justice. Some of the topics they talked about were Abolition of child labour, Shorter workweek, living wage, and factory conditions. -
Nativism
Nativism is the belief that protects the interest of the native population of a country over the interests of immigrants. Many laws and acts were put into play in order to get rid of the immigrants. An Example was the Chinese Exclusion Act -
Dollar Diplomacy
The Dollar Diplomacy is the effort of the United States to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. created by William Taft -
Thrid Party Politics
During the 1912 Election, Teddy Roosevelt was President until 1909. When he left office, William Taft was chosen to run and won. Roosevelt was upset with Taft's Choice in office and decided to become the Republicans candidate but they stuck with Taft. Roosevelt broke off and became the "Progressive Party" -
16, 17th, 18th, 19th Amendments
These 4 amendments changed the way many people lived for a long time. the 16th amendment gave power to tax income which means that the govement could now take money for people and go into the goverments pockets, the 17th changed the law that senators are voted in by voters and now state legislatures, the 18th prohibited alcoholic beverages, and the 19th extended the right to to vote to woman in federal or state elections. -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act was an Act taht created the Federal Reserve Sytem, the central banking system of the United States, and granted the bank legal authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes and Federal Reserve Bank Notes as "Legal Tender" -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams was a woman who was very active in the Peace Movement. She would get other women and protest World War I. she worked on forming the Womans Peace Party that later become known as the Womens International League for Peace amd Freedom in 1919. She later won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome Scandal ivolved National Security, Big Oil Companies, and Bribery and Corruption. This scandal included the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary. Warren Harding transferred supervision of the naval oil reserve lands from the navy. he illegally granted rights to Edward Doheny and Harry Sinclair. -
Suffrage
On this date , the 19th amendment was ratified and allowed any United States Citizen the right to vote no matter what sex they were. This allowed Woman the right to vote and ended the suffrage movement
