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Muckraker
to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics. (1675-85 origin) -
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Manifest Destiney
The idea that god has allotted the land in America to Anglos to settle and tame, led to land speculation, border disputes, large numbers of settlers, new towns and cities, new territories and states added to the nation, and the demise of many native populations.(during the 19th century) Picture -
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The Gilded Age
was one of the most dynamic, contentious, and volatile periods in American history. (19th century) image -
Nativism
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. (19th century) -
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Susan B. Anthony
Pioneer crusader for the women sufferage movement in the United States and president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Her work helped pave the way for the 19th amendment. Picture of Susan B. Anthony -
Third Parties Politics
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Indian Removal
passed an indian removal act that was signed by andrew jackson. authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders -
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Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-born American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry. He also was one of the most important philanthropists of his era. Picture of Andrew Carnegie -
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suffrage
the right to vote (mid-19th century) Image -
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Eugene V. Debs
He is a labour organizer and Socialist Party candidate for U.S. president five times between 1900 and 1920. Picture of Eugene V. Debs -
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Clarence Darrow
lawyer whose work as defense counsel in many dramatic criminal trials earned him a place in American legal history. He was well known as a public speaker, debater, and miscellaneous writer. Picture of Clarence Darrow -
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Teddy Roosevelt
he 26th president of the United States and a writer, naturalist, and soldier. He won the noble prize for meditating the end to the Russo-Japanese War and started construction on the Panamal Canal. Picture of Teddy Roovevelt -
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William Jennings Bryan
Democratic and Populist leader and a magnetic orator who ran unsuccessfully three times for the U.S. presidency. He was influential in the eventual adoption of such reforms as popular election of senators, income tax, creation of a Department of Labor, Prohibition, and women sufferage. Picture of William Byran -
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Jane Addams
American social reformer and pacifist, cowinner of the nobel prize in 1931. She is best known as founder of Hull House, located in Chicago, which was one of the first settlements in the North America. Picture of Jane Addams -
Homestead Act
Law in 1862 that granted 160 acres of land to settlers for a minimal fee and a 5 year commitment to live on the land. -
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Ida B. Wells
African American journalist who led an antilynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. Picture of Ida Wells -
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Civil Service Reform
major issue in the late 19th century at the national level, and in the early 20th century at the state level. The five important civil service reforms were the two Tenure of Office Acts of 1820 and 1867, Pendleton Act of 1883, the Hatch Acts and the CSRA of 1978. Image -
Political Machines
a political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses who receive rewards for their efforts. (during the gilded age) -
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Upton Sinclair
American Novelist who wrote The Jungle. The book is a landmark upon naturalistic, proletarian novels. Picture of Upton Sinclair -
Haymarket Riot
a confrontation between Chicago police and labor organizers on may 4, 1886, after someone threw a dynamite bomb at a police. -
The Dawes Act
Law passed in 1887 that divided Native Americans tribal land and gave allotment of land to individuals. -
Klondike Gold Rush
a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. -
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Social Gospel
The protestant religious movement during the beginning of the 20th century that arose to conbat the abuse of urbanization and industrailization. (early 20th century) image -
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Initiative, Referendum, recall
-the power or right of citizens to introduce a new legislation measure and the right procedure by which the citizens can propose a law to petition and ensure it's submission to the electorate.
-The submission of a proposed public measure or actual stature to a direct popular vote
-The procedure by which a public official may be removed from office by popular vote Picture(month and day are not correct, only years) -
Pure Food and Drug Act
a United States federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines. -
16th Amendent
gives Congress the power to collect taxes on income without apportioning it among the states. -
Dollar Diplomacy
the effort of the United States to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. (month and day not given) -
17th Amendment
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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 and Federal Reserve Bank Notes as legal tender. -
18th Amendment
prohibited the manufacture, sale, transport, import, or export of alcoholic beverages. -
19th Amendment
extended the right to women to vote -
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Teapot Dome Scandal
scandal of the early 1920s surrounding the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of the interior, Albert Bacon Fall. After President Warren G. Harding transferred supervision of the naval oil reserve lands from the navy to the Department of the Interior in 1921, Fall secretly granted to Harry F. Sinclair of the Mammoth Oil Company exclusive rights to the Teapot Dome reserves (1920-1923) image
