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Robber Barons
amassed wealth and power during the period of intense economic and industrial growth following the American Civil War. -
Nativism
believed they were the true “Native” Americans, despite their being descended from immigrants themselves. -
Bessemer steel production
he first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. -
Political machines
a political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses -
Susan B Anthony
was an American writer, lecturer and abolitionist who was a leading figure in the women's voting rights movement. -
Industrialization
Machines replaced hand labour as the main means of manufacturing, increasing the production capacity of industry tremendously. -
Industrialization
Machines replaced hand labour as the main means of manufacturing, increasing the production capacity of industry tremendously. -
Andrew Carnrgie
Led the expansion of the American steel industry and later gave his fortune to education and healthcare -
Settlement house
bring the rich and the poor of society together in both physical proximity and social interconnectedness -
Labor unions
an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests. -
Alexander graham bell
credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. He also founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company -
Haymarket Riot
the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday, May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago. -
Interstate Commerce Act 1887
law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. The Act required that railroad rates be "reasonable and just," but did not empower the government to fix specific rates. -
Jane Addams
Co-Founder of the Hull house which served as the first social settlement house. -
Samuel Gompers
Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor, and served as the organization's president -
Ida B. Wells
an African-American journalist, abolitionist and feminist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States -
Populism & Progressivism
Both were based on the people's dissatisfaction with government and its inability to deal effectively in addressing the problems of the day. -
Jacob Riis
was a Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts. -
Labor Strike
is a work stoppage, caused by the mass refusal of employees to work -
Clarence Darrow
a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union -
Eugene V Debs
became president of the American Railway Union. His union conducted a successful strike for higher wages against the Great Northern Railway -
William Jennings Bryan
emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, standing three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States. -
Klondike Gold Rush
a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada -
Klondike gold rush
a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada -
tenement
tenement housing emerged as a way to accommodate a growing population -
Theodore Roosevelt
Was the 26th president of the United States and the 33rd vice president of the US -
Upton Sinclair
a writing assignment about the plight of workers in the meatpacking industry, eventually resulting in the best-selling novel The Jungle -
Pure food and drug act
preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. -
Social Gospel
he Social Gospel movement emerged among Protestant Christians to improve the economic, moral and social conditions of the urban working class. -
initiative referendum recall
three powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition, to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office. -
Federal reserve act
created the authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes as legal tender. -
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. -
16th Amendment
allows the federal government to collect an income tax from all Americans -
17th Amendment
providing for the election of two U.S. senators from each state by popular vote and for a term of six years. -
Muckrakers
American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt -
19th amendment
it gave women the right to vote in -
18th Amendment
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 -
The gilded age
an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. As American wages were much higher than those in Europe, especially for skilled workers, the period saw an influx of millions of European immigrants.
