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Suffrage
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections. The women suffrage movement was the struggle for women right to vote. -
Indian Removal
Authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy. -
Homestead Act
Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862. Encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. Homesteaders paid a small fee and were required to live there for 5 years before receiving ownership of the land. -
Industrialization
Industrialisation or industrialization is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society. People were making millions off of industrialized businesses. It is still used today. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was the leader of the American steel industry. He was important because he started out as a poor Scottish boy. When he was very successful he also donated a lot of money to charity. -
Civil Service Reform
United States federal law which established that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation. This was enacted in 1883. -
Haymarket Riot
At Haymarket Square in Chicago, Illinois, a bomb is thrown at a squad of policemen attempting to break up a labor rally. Rally at Haymarket Square was organized by labor radicals to protest the killing and wounding of several workers by the Chicago police. Became a symbol of the international struggle. -
Dawes Act
Pressured by reformers who wanted to "acclimatize" Native Americans to white culture, Congress passed the Dawes Severalty Act. Outlawed tribal ownership of land and forced 160-acre homesteads into the hands of individual Indians and their families. Although it promised future citizenship. -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams was a leader in women's suffrage and world peace. She created houses for immigrants. Also worked for women suffrage. -
Ida B. Wells
She was an African-American Journalist. Newspaper editor and worked for the suffrage movement. An early leader in the civil rights movement. -
Political Machines
A political machine is a political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses. Machines would grant jobs and government building contracts to those that did them favors. -
Susan B. Anthony
Leader of abolitions and women voting right movement. President of American Women suffrage movement. Her worked helped put the 19th amendment. -
William Jennings Bryan
He was a Nebraska Congressman. Emerged as a dominant force in the democratic party. Stood three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States. -
Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada. Skookum Jim Mason, Dawson Charlie and George Washington Carmack found gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory. -
Eugene V Debs
Labour organizer and socialist party candidate for the president 5 times. Founded the American Railway Union. Helped organize railroad workers. -
Manifest Destiny
The belief that Americans should expand to the west. -
Populism and Progressivism
Those who follow or support progressivism are mostly elite, rich, and powerful politicians while those who support populism are the generally masses. Progressivism is an up-down movement whereas populism is down-up in nature. Populism is an older campaign theory than progressivism. -
Nativism
Nativism is the political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
Theodore Roosevelt
He served as president from 1901 to 1909. He served as the general in the San Juan Battle and he was very heroic. Theodore Roosevelt also made sure that the Panama Canal was constructed to help transport goods and such. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors. This was a key piece of the Progressive Era legislation, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt on the same day as the Federal Meat Inspection Act. -
Muckraker
One of the important events during his presidency was the influence exerted by the Muckrakers. The main goal of the Muckrakers was to raise awareness of social injustices, inequality, corruption and the abuse of political power in order to bring about reform. -
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. This guaranteed loans to foreign countries. -
Urbanization
Process where there is increase of population in cities and suburbs. Immigrants were mainly coming to america during this time. -
16th Amendment
Ratified in 1789. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on income. -
17th Amendment
The Senate of the U.S shall be composed of 2 Senators from each state. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. -
Federal Reserve Act
Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States, and which created the authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes. Provided the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system. -
18th Amendment
Established the prohibition of alcohol. Was Ratified in 1919 and taken into effect on 1920. -
Clarence Darrow
Very intelligent american lawyer. A leader of the American Civil Liberty Union. He believed in Evolution and had no belief in god. -
The Gilded Age
The period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath. Rapid immigration, along with the explosion of Americans moving from farms to the cities, caused an urban boom during the Gilded Age. -
19th Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. -
Initiative and Referendum
Initiative, referendum, and recall are three powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition, to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office. Proponents of an initiative, referendum, or recall effort must apply for an official petition serial number from the Town Clerk. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
Albert B. Fall, who served as secretary of the interior in President Warren G. Harding's cabinet, is found guilty of accepting a bribe while in office. Fall was the first individual to be convicted of a crime committed while a presidential cabinet member. -
Immigration and The American Dream
Publicly defined in 1931. Belief that life in America can give people a fresh start. -
Upton Sinclair
American writer who wrote over 100 books. He wrote novel to show the poor conditions immigrants were living in. Helped bring awareness for these immigrants. -
3rd Parties Politics
In electoral politics, a third party is any party contending for votes that failed to outpoll either of its two strongest rivals.
