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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 electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. -
Political machine
A political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses. -
Industrialization
The process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. -
Susan B. Anthony
An American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. A women fighting to be able to vote and to have rights for all women. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a self-made steel tycoon and one of the wealthiest businessmen of 19th century. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. -
Jacob Rills
Jacob August Riis was a Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. -
Nativism
Political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants. However, this is currently more commonly described as an immigration restriction position. -
Bessemer Steel Production
First inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. -
Clarence Darrow
An American lawyer, a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. -
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. Believed in a strong presidency. -
William jennings Bryan
An American orator and politician from Nebraska. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, standing three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States. His "Cross of Gold" made him president. -
Ida B. Wells
An African-American investigative journalist, educator, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. -
Labor Unions
The largest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the 1880s. Its most important leaders were Terence V. Powderly and step-brother Joseph Bath.
