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Urbanization
The process of making a piece of land urban. -
industrialization
The development of industries in a region -
Susan B. Anthony
American social reformer and woman's rights activist played a major role in women's suffrage -
Indian Removal Act
authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. -
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-American industrialist. Led the expansion of the American steel industry in the 19th century. -
Manifest Destiny
The 19th Century movement that moved americans from the East to West due to its God's desire for us to head West. -
Suffrage
The right for women to vote in political -
Nativism
Protecting the interests of native born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
Third parties politics
third party is any party contending for votes that failed to outpoll either of its two strongest rivals. -
Eugene V. Debs
American union leader, a founding father in the Industrial Workers of the World.Part of the socialists political party. -
Clarence Darrow
American Lawyer who was a leader of the American Civil Liberties Union and an advocate for Georgist economic reform. -
Jane Addams
Known as the mother of social work. A pioneer American settlement activist.Leader in woman's suffrage. -
Ida B Wells
She was an early leader of the civil rights movement and feminist. -
Homestead act
Promoted migration to the west by providing settles 160 acres of land. Must have 5 years of making the land better before gaining ownership. -
The gilded age
An era of of serious social problems -
Civil Service Reform
Positions in the Federal Government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation -
Haymaker riot
The aftermath of a bombing at a labor demonstration. -
Dawes act
Authorized the President to survey Natives land and split it into individual pieces of land -
Populism and Progressivism
Government could be used to better the society. A party that was formed from Farmers,Laborers and middle class activists. Peoples Party -
William Jennings Bryan
A demanding force in the Democratic party standing 3 times as the top nominee for POTUS -
Klondike gold rush
A migration of about 100,000 prospectors to look for gold in Canada -
Initiative and Referendum
enable the voters by petition to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office. -
Political Machines
A political organization who commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses. -
Theodore Roosevelt
26th president of the United States of America from 1901 to 1909. -
Pure food and drug act
Prevention the manufacture of un healthy food and drugs. -
Muckraker
gain by filth -
Dollar Diplomacy
A form of American foreign policy to further its aims in latin america and east Asia through its economic power. -
16th Amendment
Allows the government to collect an income tax from all American Citizens -
17th Amendment
Established the Popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states -
Federal reserve act
To establish a form of economic stability in the United States through the introduction of the Central Bank. -
18th amendment
Establish the prohibition of alcohol. -
19th amendment
Gave the women the right to vote. -
Teapot dome scandal
A bribery incident during the administration of President Warren g harding -
Immigration and the American Dream
Wanting to work in the land of the free where you can choose your own destiny -
Upton Sinclair
American writer who close to 100 books. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
