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Populism & Progressivism
the Populist movement was more of a revolt by the farmers or those associated with agriculture in one or the other way. Populists wanted more government control of banking and industries. Progressivism qas the unfair election system, exploitation of workers, women and children, corruption in the business class and the legal system that gave concessions to rich people were the common enemies of the progressivism. -
Manifest Destiny
was the widely held belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. -
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Susan B. Anthony
was an American social reformer who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. -
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Andrew Carnegie
Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. -
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Eugene V. Debs
was an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World -
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Clarence Darrow
was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. -
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Teddy Roosevelt
was an American politician, author, naturalist, soldier, explorer, and historian who served as the 26th President of the United States. -
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William Jennings Bryan
a leading American politician from the 1890s until his death. He was a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's candidate for President of the United States. -
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Jane Addams
a pioneer American settlement social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. -
Homestead Act
The Homestead Act 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. -
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Ida B. Wells
was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, and an early leader in the civil rights movement. -
The Gilded Age
the period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath, this was a period of greed and guile: of rapacious Robber Barons, unscrupulous speculators, and corporate buccaneers, of shady business practices, scandal-plagued politics, and vulgar display. -
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Upton Sinclair
was an American author who wrote nearly 100 books in many genres. -
Urbanization & Industrialization
The ever increasing number of factories created an intense need for labor, convincing people in rural areas to move to the city, and drawing immigrants from Europe to the United States. -
Civil Service Reform
an 1883 federal law that abolished the United States Civil Service Commission. It eventually placed most federal employees on the merit system and marked the end of the so-called "spoils system." -
Haymarket Riot
a labor protest rally near Chicago’s Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day. Despite a lack of evidence against them, eight radical labor activists were convicted in connection with the bombing. -
Dawes Act
authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. -
Klondike Gold Rush
it was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada. -
Immigration & the American Dream
immigrant, someone not from the US, comes to america for better job opportunity, owning a home, or getting away from war. -
Political Machines-
a group that controls the activities of a political party -
Social Gospel
is a Protestant Christian intellectual movement that was most prominent in the early 20th century United States and Canada. -
Muckraker
The term muckraker refers to reform-minded journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines and continued a tradition of investigative journalism reporting -
Indian Removal
while the rapidly-growing United States expanded into the lower South, white settlers faced what they considered an obstacle. This area was home to the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chicasaw and Seminole nations. These Indian nations, in the view of the settlers and many other white Americans, were standing in the way of progress. Eager for land to raise cotton, the settlers pressured the federal government to acquire Indian territory. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws enacted by the Federal Government in the twentieth century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration -
Federal Reserve Act
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. -
16th Amendment
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes from whatever source derived. -
17th amendment
United States Senators are selected by popular vote -
Dollar Diplomacy
the goal of diplomacy was to create stability and order abroad that would best promote American commercial interests. -
18th amendment
prohibited the manufacture, sale, transport, import, or export of alcoholic beverages. -
Nativisim
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
19th ameendment
granted American women the right to vote -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
was a bribery incident that took place in the United States -
Suffrage
the right to vote in political elections. -
Third Parties Politics
used in the United States for any and all political parties in the United States other than one of the two major parties. libirtarian