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Andrew Carnegie
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Jane Addams
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Eugene V. Debs
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Upton Sinclair
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Susan B. Anthony
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Ida B. Wells
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Clarence Darrow
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William Jennings Bryan
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Manifest Destiny
The 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. -
Homestead Act
Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land. -
Political Machines
A political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses. -
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
A set of revisions to the US–China Burlingame Treaty of 1868 that allowed the US to suspend Chinese immigration. -
Haymarket Riot
A rally of workers striking for an eight-hour day in reaction to the killing of several workers the previous day by the police. An unknown person threw a dynamite bomb at police as they acted to disperse the public meeting. The bomb blast and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of seven police officers and at least four civilians. -
Dawes Act
Authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. -
Yellow Journalism
Journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. -
Populism
Populism, political program or movement that champions the common person, usually by favorable contrast with an elite. -
Initiative & Referendum
Initiative and referendum are two or the three powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition, to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The prevention of the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated, misbranded, poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors. -
Dollar Diplomacy
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. -
16th Amendment
Exempted income taxes from the constitutional requirements regarding direct taxes, after income taxes on rents, dividends, and interest were ruled to be direct taxes. -
Immigration & the American Dream
The pursuit of immigrants for opportunity, a good job, owning a home and in many cases, safety from war or persecution in America. -
Urbanization
The population shift from rural to urban areas. -
18th Amendment
United States Constitution effectively established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol illegal.
