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Susan B. Anthony
Anthony played a big role in women's suffrage. As Susuan grew up she was a big believer in social equality and was very anit-slavery. Susan became the New York state agent for The American Anti-Slavery Society in 1856. -
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie was a Scottish American man. He was an industrialist who led the Expansion of the American steel industry. -
Eugene V. Debbs
Debs was one of the best known socialists in the United States.He was an American Union leader. In 1884 he was elected as a Democratic for the Indiana General Assembly. -
Teddy Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States. He is known for his personality and his leadership in the progressive movement. -
Jane Addams
addams was a leader in womens suffrage and world peace along with other things such as a social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, and auhtor.She became the first American women to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. -
Homestead act
The Homestead allowed anyone who had never taken up arms against the US and was either 21 years or older or was the head of the household, icluding slaves, could file an application to claim a federal land grant. -
Ida B. Wells
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Gilded Age
The Gilded age stared in the 1870s and died down in the 1900s. It was the era of rapid economic growth. Immigrants were attracted to america because at the time their wages were much higher than Europe's. There was a huge gap from poor and wealthy. The poor was very poor and the wealthy were very wealthy. Railroads, factory systems, mining, and finance increased in importance as industrialization did. -
Upton Sinclair
Sinclair started out as an American author. He wrote over 100 books. Upton became most popular for a book her wrote called "The Jungle" in 1906. His book was trying to express how the meatpacking industry treated their employees. -
Haymarket riot
on Tuesday May 4th, there was a labor demonstration. It started out as a peaceful assembly. Worker were on strike for an eight hour day. eventually several workers were killed by police. The next day in result to the killings, an unknown person threw a bomb. The bomb killed seven police officers, at least 4 civilians, and wounded many others. -
The Dawes Act
The Dawes act allowed the President of the United States to split up American Indian tribal land into allotments. Those who agreed to leave their tribe and accepted the 'individual land' would earn American citizenship. -
Klondike Gold Rush
On August 16th, 1896 Gold was forund in north-western Canada. Once San Francisco and Seattle caught wind of the news, an estimated 100,000 prospectorstraveled to the Klondike region. The journey was too hard for many and only 30,000 to 40,000 prospectors made it. only about 4,000 hit gold and a few became rich. Many found nothing. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
It was the first series of consumer protection laws. The main purpose was to ban foreign or mislabeled food or drug products. -
16th Amendment
The 16th Amendment gave congress the power to tax income. -
17th Amendment
The 17th Amendment calls for voters rather than state legislatures to directly elect senators. -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act was an Act of Congress that created the
Central Banking System of the United States. -
18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment prohibits the manufacture, sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages. -
19th Amendment
the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote in federal or state elections. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Presdient Warren G. Harding and Secretary Albert B. Fall were convicted of recieving bribes from private oil companies.
