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Robber Baron
a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices (originally with reference to prominent US businessmen in the late 19th century) -
Indian Removal
was a policy of the United States government in the 19th century whereby Native Americans were forcibly removed from their ancestral homelands in the eastern United States to lands west of the Mississippi River, thereafter known as Indian Territory. -
Manifest Destiny
In the 19th century, manifest destiny was a widely held belief in the United States that its settlers were destined to expand across North America -
Populism and Progressivism
Populism- The political philosophy of the People's party.
Progressivism- the principles and practices of progressives. Progressivism is a philosophy based on the Idea of Progress, which asserts that advancement in science, technology, economic development, and social organization are vital to improve the human condition. -
Immigration and the American Dream
Immigration was like th ebiggest trend in american during these times so and having being almost directly related to immigration the American Dream sits as the holy grail this is reason enough for millions to come to America l -
Urbanization
the process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more and more people begin living and working in central areas -
Susan B. Anthony
Was an American social reformer and women's rights advocate who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. -
Monroe Doctrine
a principle of US policy, originated by President James Monroe in 1823, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He is often identified as one of the richest people and one of the richest Americans ever. -
Political Machines
A political machine is a political organization 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. -
Eugene V. Debs
He 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 U.S. -
Clarence Darrow
Was a lawyer an early member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform. -
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States of America. He was also an american statesmen, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as president from 1901 to 1909. -
William J. Bryan
William was an American orator and politician from Nebraska, and a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's nominee for President of the United States. -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams was a pioneer American settlement activist and reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. -
Homestead Act
The Homestead Act, enacted during the Civil War in 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. Claimants were required to “improve” the plot by building a dwelling and cultivating the land. -
Ida B. Wells
Was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist Georgist, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Upton Sinclair
He was an American writer of nearly 100 books his most famous being The Jungle, Sinclair's work was well-known and popular in the first half of the 20th century and he won the Pulitzer prize for fiction in 1943. -
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first major law restricting immigration to the United States. It was enacted in response to economic fears, especially on the West Coast, where native-born Americans attributed unemployment and declining wages to Chinese workers whom they also viewed as racially inferior. -
Haymarket Riot
Or Haymarket Massacre, was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square -
Dawes Act of 1887
adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. Those who accepted allotments and lived separately from the tribe would be granted United States citizenship. The Dawes Act was amended in 1891, in 1898 by the Curtis Act, and again in 1906 by the Burke Act. -
Yellow Journalism
Yellow journalism, or the yellow press, is a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering or sensationalism. -
Klondike Gold Rsh
The Klondike Gold Rush[n 1] was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. Gold was discovered there by local miners on August 16, 1896 and, when news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year, it triggered a stampede of would-be prospectors. Some became wealthy, but the majority went in vain. It has been immortalized in photographs, books, films, and artifacts. -
Social Gospel
The Social Gospel was a Protestant movement that was most prominent in the early 20th-century United States and Canada. The movement applied Christian ethics to social problems, especially issues of social justice such as economic inequality, poverty, alcoholism, crime, racial tensions, slums, unclean environment, child labor, inadequate labor unions, poor schools, and the danger of war. -
Dollar Diplomacy
a government policy of promoting the business interests of its citizens in other countries. -
Muckrackers
to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. Its main purpose was to ban foreign and interstate traffic in adulterated or mislabeled food and drug products. -
17th Amendment
established the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states. The amendment supersedes Article I, §3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures. It also alters the procedure for filling vacancies in the Senate, allowing for state legislatures to permit their governors to make temporary appointments until a special election can be held. -
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. -
Federal Reserve Act
An Act to provide for the establishment of Federal reserve banks, to furnish an elastic currency, to afford means of re discounting commercial paper, to establish a more effective supervision of banking in the United States, and for other purposes -
18th Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment (Amendment XVIII) of the United States Constitution effectively established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol (though not the consumption or private possession) illegal. -
The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age was an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. -
Nativism
Is the political position of supporting a favored status for certain established inhabitants of a nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants. -
Industrialization
the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale
