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Civil Service Reform
Civil Reform inthe U.S. was a major issue in the late 19th century at a national level, and in the early 20th century at a state level. -
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Indian Removal
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Nativism
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
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The American Dream
The American Dream really doesn't have a specific start and end time. Some say we are still in the American Dream age. The American Dream iis our natural human rights "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." -
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony played a very important role in the women's suffrage movement. She helped create the Seneca Falls Convention that was the very first woman's right convention -
Homestead Act
President Lincoln signed the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862. The Homestead Act granted people the right to take federal land that was taken from Indians. -
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Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny was the widely held belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. -
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The Gilded Age
an era of rapid economic growth, especially for skilled workers, were much higher than in Europe, which attracted millions of immigrants. -
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Sufferage
On July 9, 1968 the fourthteenth amendment was introduced to the United States Constitiution. From then more amendments were added, 15th, 19th, 23rd, and 24th. All of these amendments granted more rights to women, former slaves, people over the age of 18, and more. -
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Klondike Gold Rush
A massive migration of prospectors from the United States to the North-western part of Canada called Yukon -
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Political Machines
a political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses. The most known Political Machine is Boss Tweed. -
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Immigration
known as the "second wave" of immigration into the United States. A time period where immigrants flocked to america in pursuit of the American Dream. -
Ida B. Wells
American Reformer and member of the anti-lynching crusade and women's sufferage movement. On May 4, 1884, a train conductor tried to make her give up her seat but she refused, 71 years before Rosa Parks did the exact thing. -
Eugene V. Debbs
Member of the Indiana Senate, Eugene is known for his involvement with American Union workers, being one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World. -
Hay Market Riot
The result of a bombing that took place that day, it is also known as the Haymarket Affair or the Haymarket massacre. It had started out as peaceful meeting in support of workers trying to get an eight hour work day. Someone threw dynamite at police as they tried to resolve the public meeting and it erupted into chaos. -
The Dawes Act
The act granted the President the ability to survey the Native American Tribe and give alloments(a piece of land) to individual Indians -
Mudrackers
Authors or social reformists that spoke the truth about social issues. Such as Upton Sinclair with the publication of The Jungle -
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Andrew Carngie
Andrew Carngie led the expansion of the steel industry. He ended up giving up most his wealth by donating it to charities and foundations -
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Teddy Roosevelt
25nd and 26th president of the United States. One of the greatest presidents in the United States' history according to many historians. One of his greatest quotes was "Speak softly but carry a big stick." He brought the United States into being a World Power. -
Upton Sinclair
He wrote The Jungle, a book calling out meat packing industry conditions, which caused a public out roar about how the conditions in the meat packing indutry really was. -
Pure Food And Drugs Act
The act that lead to the FDA(Food and Drug Administration) to come to life. The act was a result of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. Its main purpose was to ban foreign or mislabeled foods and drugs -
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Dollar Diplomacy
President William Howard Taft followed a foreign policy known as "dollar diplomacy." Dollar Diplomacy is a policy aimed at furthering the interests of the United States abroad by encouraging the investment of U.S. capital in foreign countries. -
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Social Gospel
A movement that stated that the only way to salvation was to help the poor. It was in response to how badly the poor were treated/lived at the time. -
17th Amendment
THe 17th amendment stated "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." This means that no matter how big the state is they will only have two senators and each senator can only have one vote on a matter. -
Third Party Politics
Third Party politics is any time a third party such as "Greens" or "Libertarians" -
16th amendment
THe 16th amendment allows Congress to levy an income tax without basing it on the US Census. -
Federal Reserve Act
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 -
Jane Addams
One of the leaders of the Women's sufferage movement. First American woman to win a nobel peace prize and helped found the proffession know as social work, She helped America learn more about the issues of concern to mothers, for example the needs of children, local public health, and world peace. -
18th amendment
The amendment stated that it was llegal to produce, transport and sell alcohol (though it does not effect people who make their own alcohol) -
19th Amendement
With this amendment women were granted the right to vote by the government. No longer could a persons sex denie them permission to vote for the president or for a law to be passed. -
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Tea Pot Dome Scandal
a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1920 to 1923, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming and two other locations in California to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding. -
Clarance Darrow
An American lawyer whom is best known for defending teenage thrill killers, Leopold and Loeb, in their trial for murdering a 14-year-old -
William Jennings Bryan
a leading American politicianHe was a force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's candidate for President of the United States.
