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Political Machines
A group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses. -
industrialization
The development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale. -
Susan B Anthony
A women's rights activist, The women to fight for women's rights to vote. -
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish American, Carnegie led an expansion of American steel industry. -
Labor Strike
A work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. -
Jacob Riis
A journalist and social documentary photographer. American newspaper reporter and had a book -
Samuel Gompers
American labor movement, He founded and served as the first president of the American Federation of Labor. -
Eugene V . Debbs
A socialist and one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers. -
Clarence Darrow
American lawyer and a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. -
Theodore Roosevelt
American statesman, The 26th president and the 33rd governor of New York. He also led the Rough Riders in a battle at San Juan Hill in Cuba. -
Tenements
A piece of land held by an owner. -
William Jennings Bryan
American orator (a public speaker, especially one who is eloquent or skilled), part of the Democratic Party. He also became secretary of state. -
Jane Addams
A pioneer Settler, an Activist, she was an author and a the leader of women suffrage -
Ida B Wells
Educator and a journalist. Leading a campaign against lynching. -
The Gilded Age
The time between the Civil War and World War I during which the U.S. population and economy grew quickly, there was a lot of political corruption. -
Social Gospel
Christian faith practiced as a call not just to personal conversion but to social reform. -
alexander graham bell
was a Scottish-born scientist and inventor best known for inventing the first working telephone in 1876 and founding the Bell Telephone Company in 1877. -
Upton Sinclair
American Writer, Sinclair had produced more than ninety books that earned at least $1 million. -
Bessemer Steel Production
first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. -
Labor Unions
An organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests. -
Haymarket Riot
It began as a peaceful rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour day and in reaction to the killing of several workers the previous day by the police. -
Interstate Commerce Act 1887
A United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts. -
Klondike Gold Rush
Dawson Charlie and George Washington Carmack found gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory, they had no idea they they would set off one of the greatest gold rushes in history. -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
The power or opportunity to act or take charge before others do. A general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision. Officially order (someone) to return to a place. -
Nativism
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
Robber Barons (Captains of Industry)
They did good things for industry such as, increasing supply of goods by building factories, raised productivity, created jobs, and created museums, libraries, and universities. -
Populism and Progressivism
Populism is aimed to reform the economic system while Progressivism is down-up-movement that began with farmers aligning against the economics system. -
Muckraker
Progressive Era to characterize reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt. -
Pure Food And Drug Act
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. -
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. -
17th Amendment
the Constitution specified that senators were elected by state legislatures. -
18th Amendment
After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. -
Settlement House
An institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community -
Teapot Dome Scandal
American history, scandal of the early 1920s surrounding the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of the interior -
19th Amendment
granted women the right to vote. Citizens of all sex can vote now.
