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Nativism
the theory or doctrine that concepts, mental capacities, and mental structures are innate rather than acquired or learned. -
Nativism
Nativists believed they were the true “Native” Americans, despite their being descended from immigrants themselves. In response to the waves of immigration in the mid-nineteenth century, Nativists created political parties and tried to limit the rights of immigrants. -
bessemer steel production
was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. The key principle is removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation with air being blown through the molten iron. -
the gilded age
as an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. -
Susan B. Anthony
Anthony founded the National Woman Suffrage Association -
Robber barons
a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices (originally with reference to prominent US businessmen in the late 19th century). -
Robber barons
a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices (originally with reference to prominent US businessmen in the late 19th century). -
Jacob riis
American newspaper reporter, social reformer, and photographer who, with his book How the Other Half Lives (1890), shocked the conscience of his readers with factual descriptions of slum conditions. -
Social gospel
Christian faith practiced as a call not just to personal conversion but to social reform. -
industrialization
. The Gilded Age was a period of economic growth as the United States jumped to the lead in industrialization ahead of Britain. The nation was rapidly expanding its economy into new areas, especially heavy industry like factories, railroads, and coal mining. -
Alexander graham bell
Scottish-born American inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf whose foremost accomplishments were the invention of the telephone (1876) and the refinement of the phonograph -
Political machines
s a political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses (usually campaign workers), who receive rewards for their efforts. -
Settlement House
an institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community. -
Settlement house
an institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community. -
Haymarket riot
a labor protest rally near Chicago's Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. -
Labor unions
an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests. -
Interstate commerce act 1887
is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. -
Jane Addams
Jane was Co founder of the Hull House which served as the first social settlement house in America. -
Political machines
Political machine, in U.S. politics, a party organization, headed by a single boss or small autocratic group, that commands enough votes to maintain political and administrative control of a city, county, or state. -
Sherman antitrust act
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. -
Andrew carnegie
He bought other steel mills and founded the Carnegie steel corporation. -
Ida B.Wells
an African-American journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States. -
Eugene V. Debbs
His union conducted a successful strike for higher wages against the Great Northern Railway. -
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
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. -
muckracker
reporters, authors, and critics who sought to expose the evils and injustices of Gilded Age society, hoping to expose such social ills before they strangled democracy. -
Tenement
a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments. -
Theodore roosevelt
Passed laws to protect consumer health -
Upton Sinclair
In his novel the jungle he described the unsanity practices of the meat packing industry. -
Pure food and drug act
An Act— For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. -
Dollar diplomacy
the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence. -
Populism and progression
progressive and reactionary. ... Since then, many of us have argued in these pages that distressed voters who are seduced by the right on social issues must be mobilized by progressives on economic ones. -
Populism & progressivism
progressive and reactionary. ... Since then, many of us have argued in these pages that distressed voters who are seduced by the right on social issues must be mobilized by progressives on economic ones. -
Samuel gompers
Samuel Gompers is an English-born American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor, and served as the organization's president from 1886 to 1894, and from 1895 until his death in 1924 -
16th Admendments
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
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. The electors in each State sh -
Federal reserve act
is an Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System, and which created the authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes as legal tender. The Act was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson. -
William jennings Bryan
He also negotiated the Bryan–Chamorro Treaty in 1914 ratified by the Senate in 1916 which permitted the United States the latitude to construct an isthmian canal across Nicaragua and secured rights to build naval bases at the Gulf of Fonseca and on the Corn Islands. -
18th amendments
effectively established the prohibition of intoxicating liquors in the United States by declaring the production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors -
Labor strikes
Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work -
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. -
Tea pot dome scandal
The "Teapot Dome Scandal" was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921–1923. -
Clarence Darrow
Darrow defended John T. Scopes in the State of Tennessee vs Scopes trial. It has often been called the Scopes Monkey Trial and was popularized by author and journalist H.L. Mencken.
