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Political Machines
political machines are companies that make a lot of money and thus controlling politics and get elected because of thier populatiry and money -
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Indian Removal
during this time the united states was growing rapidly and had to spread out into indian lands. the only way for this to occur was to remove the indians with force. -
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Civil Service Reform
major issure in the late 19th century at the national level and in the early 20th century at the state level. denounced the distribution of office by the winners of elections to their supporters as curropt and inefficient -
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Immigration and the American Dream
12 million immigrants passd through ellis island's gates between 1842 and 1954. The immigrants that came wanted to be successful and start from scratch in this new country and create an empire in the and of the free and the home of the brave -
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Manifest Destiny
widely held belief in the united states that american settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent from west coast to east coast -
Homestead Act
signed into law by Abraham Lincoln and said anyone who had never taken up arms against the U.S. government, was over 21 years old, or the head of a family, could file an application to get a federal land grant -
Susan B Anthony
an American social reformer who played a pivotal role in the women suffrage movement. in !866 initiated the American Equal Rights Association which campaigned for equal rights for both african americans and women. -
Urbanization and Industrialization
businessess and industries centered in the cities and created a need for labor convincing people to move from rural areas to the cities, -
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The Gilded Age
an era of rapid economic growth specially in teh north and west. American wages were much higher than in europe, which attracted millions of immigrants -
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Third Party Politics
the united states experienced a tremendous growth in industrialization. led by oil, steel, and other manufacturing industries, the united states had become the worlds leading producer of manufactured goods by 1900. -
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Populism and Progressivism
populism- farmers believed that industrialists and bankers controlled both the republicans and the democrats within the government
Progressivism- a movement to improve american life by taking advantage of democracy -
Teddy Roosevelt
He was the 26th president and in 1881 he was elected to the New York State Assembly, where he became a leader to the reform faction -
Eugene V Debs
American union Leader and 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 -
Haymarket riot
the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday May 4,1886 at Haymarket square -
Dawes Act
adopted by congress, authorized the President to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual indians -
Andrew Carnegie
wrote a book called "the Gospels of wealth" that called upom the rich to improve society -
Ida B. Wells.
she was an African- American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, and an early leader in the civil rights movement. She documented lynching in the United States -
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Klondike Gold Rush
migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north- western Canada -
William Jennings Bryan
a peace advocate, a prohibitionist and an opponent of Darwinism on religious and humanitarian grounds -
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Initiative Referendum and Recall
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Social Gospel
protestant Christian movement that applied christian ethics to social problems, especially issues of social justice such as economic inequality, poverty, alcoholism, crime, atc. -
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Muckraker
reform-minded journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines and continues a tradition of investigative journalism reporting -
Pure Food and Dr;ug Act
the first of the series of significant consumer protection laws enacted by the federal governmentin the twentieth century and led to the creation of the food and drug administration. -
Upton Sinclair
an American Author who wrote nearly 100 books. He acheived popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, getting fame from his classic book, the jungle, which exposed conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry causing a public uproar that led to the Pure Food and Drug Act. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Created by William Taft to ensure the financial stability of a region while protecting and extending American commercial and financial interest there. -
Federal Reserve Act
act of congress that created and set up the federal reserve system, the central banking system, and granted it the legal authority to issue federal reserve notes -
16th 17th 18th and 19th amendments
16th- authorized congress to lezy tax
17th- people power to elect senators
18th prohibited the making an selling of alcoholic drinks
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Suffrage
The right to vote in political elections given to women in 1919 -
Teapot Dome Scandal
it was a bribery incident that took place in the united states from 1920 to 1923. -
Nativism
The political position of demanding a favored status for certain established inhabitants of a nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants . -
Clarence Darrow
American Lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. Best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Leob in their trial for murdering 14- year old Robert Franks -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams was one of the most prominent reformers of the progressive era and in 1931 became the first woman to win a nobel peace prize and is refered to as the founder of the social work profession in the United States
