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Henry Bessemer found new and more efficient method of making steel in 1855.
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The knights of labor were the first important labor organization in the united states. They made a lot of successful strikes.
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Is a disrespectful metaphor of social criticism.
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Was a time in America where machines were starting to replace handwork. Which increased the amount of product being made.
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He invented the telephone.
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A labor protest went violent after a protester threw a bomb at the police killing around 8 people.
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Samuel Gompers was the founder and 1st president of the American Federation of Labor
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This law prevented rail roads from Charging higher rates for shorter routes.
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She was know for her work as a social reformer. Jane Addams and her volunteers lived at Hull House with the people they were trying to help. Hull House was founded in 1889.
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She attempted to vote in Rochester, New York but a judge refused to give her the right to vote. She was a leader of the National American Suffrage Association.(1890)
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She was a leading voice in the social reform movement. She was one of the main tactics used to terrorize African Americans.
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He wrote a book called "How The Other Half Lives." It showed his readers how people in the slums lived.
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The purpose of the law was to stop monopolies engaging in unfair practices.
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The homestead strike was an industrial lockout.
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One of americas richest and most powerful men. He invested in iron works and built a steel mill in Pittsburgh, he built other steel mills and founded Carnegie Steel Corporation in 1892
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He was nominated for president by the democratic party in 1896. Because of his speech "Cross of Gold" it praised farmers and denounced banker for "crucifying mankind on a cross of gold."
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Were powers for the voters, it gave them the ability to remove someone elected from office.
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Was the migration of prospectors to the Klondike region looking for gold.
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Progressives were mainly middle-class city dwellers. Their primary goal was to fix the political and economic injustices.
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The Gilded Ages was a time of rapid economic growth.
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They gave immigrants and poor people jobs in exchange for their vote.
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Were apartments in the slums that were used to shelter a large number of immigrants.
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The muckrakers examined the rise of industry and abuses that led to the build up of large fortunes.
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Wrote the novel The Jungle (1906) Tells about the unsanitary practices of the meat packing industry.
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Was used to help Regulate certain industries.
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He was the 26th president of the United States. He took steps to free their state government from corruption.
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Included the abolishment of child labor and safer working conditions.
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A form of American foreign policy, aimed at latin America and east Asia by using its economic power.
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Senators were elected by the people and not decided by state legislatures.
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Gave congress the ability to tax personal income. Ratified in 1913
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Was created to provide a safe and more stable financial system.
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He was a candidate for United states congress in 1916. And was know for his speech denouncing American participation in WW1.
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Banned people from selling alcoholic beverages. was ratified in 1919
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People wanted to restrict immigration. Nativist believed that people of other races and religions were inferior.
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The 19th Amendment was established and stated that no state could deny a citizen the right to vote on the basis of sex.
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Was intended to bring the rich and poor people together.
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It was a bribery scandal.
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considered to be one of the greatest orators of his day.
