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Manifest Destiny 1815-1850
the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. -
Susa B. Anthony
was a leading, tireless advocate for a woman's right to vote. -
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Susan B. Anthony
was an American social reformer who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. -
Idian Removal
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. -
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Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. -
Immigration & the American Dream
Having all these imagrents from different backgroud just to puse the American Dream. The dream of living you life by the way you want. -
Eugene V. Debs
Debs was an American union leader, 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. -
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Eugene V. Debb\s
Debs was an American union leader, 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. -
Clarence Darrow
was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. He was best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks. -
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Clarence Darrow
was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. He was best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb i -
Teddy Roosevelt
was an American politician, author, naturalist, soldier, explorer, and historian who served as the 26th President of the United States. -
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Teddy Roosevelt
was an American politician, author, naturalist, soldier, explorer, and historian who served as the 26th President of the United States -
William Jennings Bryan
was a leading American politician from the 1890s until his death. He was a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's candidate for President of the United States. -
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William Jennings Bryan
was a leading American politician from the 1890s until his death. He was a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams was a pioneer American settlement social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. -
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Jane Addams
Jane Addams was a pioneer American settlement social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. -
Homestead Act
Anyone who had never taken up arms against the U.S. government (including freed slaves and women), was 21 years or older, or the head of a family, could file an application to claim a federal land grant. -
Ida B. Wells
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, and an early leader in the civil rights movement. -
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Ida B. Wells
was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, and an early leader in the civil rights movement -
The Gilded Age/ The Panic of 1873
which spanned the final three decades of the nineteenth century, was one of the most dynamic, contentious, and volatile periods in American history. -
Urbanization & Industrialization
Urbanization is a population shift from rural to urban areas, and the ways in which society adapts to the change. It predominantly results in the physical growth of urban areas, be it horizontal or vertical. Industrialization is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial one. -
Nativism 1870s
the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
Upton Sinclair
was an American author who wrote nearly 100 books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century -
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Upton Sinclair
was an American author who wrote nearly 100 books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century -
Haymarket Riot
Was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago. -
The Dawes Act
the Act broke up previous land settlements given to Native Americans in the form of reservations, and separated them into smaller, separate parcels of land to live on. -
Populism & Progressivism
The 1890s and early 1900s saw the establishment of the Populist and Progressive movements. Both were based on the people’s dissatisfaction with government and its inability to deal effectively in addressing the problems of the day. -
Klondike Gold Rush
Was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall South
In political terminology, the initiative is a process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes and, in some states, constitutional amendments on the ballot.
"Referendum" is a general term which refers to a measure that appears on the ballot.
Recall is a procedure that allows citizens to remove and replace a public official before the end of a term of office -
Muckraker Theodore R. speech
Theodore Roosevelt, however, became angry when he read a bitter indictment of the political corruption of the day. The president, clearly one of the most fervent reformers, believed that some of the writers were going too far, and cited the muckraker image in a speech on April 14, 1906, criticizing the excesses of investigative journalism. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Is a United States federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines. -
Dollar Diplomacy 1909-1913
From 1909 to 1913, President William Howard Taft and Secretary of State Philander C. Knox followed a foreign policy characterized as “dollar diplomacy.” -
16th Amendment
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration. -
17th Amendment
This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution. -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act is an Act of Congress that created and set up the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes and Federal Reserve Bank Notes as legal tender. -
18th Amendment
Section 1.
After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. Section 2.
The Congress and the several states shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. -
19th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. -
Suffrage
The right to vote in political elections.
August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was finally ratified, enfranchising all American women and declaring for the first time that they, like men, deserve all the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. -
Political Machines in Chicago 1930s
The Chicago machine in its classic form was first completely consolidated under Mayor Anton Cermak in the early 1930s. But it is not as if he created it all on his own. He was killled in an assassination attempt on President Roosevelt, with whom he was shaking hands. Control then passed to Irish politicians, who made the machine stronger. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1920 to 1923, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. -
Civil Service Reform
Reform of the Civil Service is not a new issue. The issue of whether the Civil Service is overstaffed goes back to the 1980's to the era of Margaret Thatcher. She believed that the Civil Service had become bloated and was not functioning as it should be – hence her reforms. -
Third Parties Politics
The term third party is used in the United States for any and all political parties in the United States other than one of the two major parties (Republican Party and Democratic Party). The term can also refer to independent politicians not affiliated with any party at all and to write-in candidates. -
Social Gospel 1870-1920
The Social Gospel movement is a Protestant Christian intellectual movement that was most prominent in the early 20th century United States and Canada.
