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Muckraker
The term muckraker refers to reform-minded journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines and continued a tradition of investigative journalism reporting; muckrakers often worked to expose social ills and corporate and political corruption. The term is a reference to a character in John Bunyan's classic Pilgrim's Progress, "the Man with the Muck-rake" -
Political Machine/Tammany Hall
Tammany Hall is now incorrupted and is now known as Tammany Society.t was the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City and New York State politics and helping immigrants, most notably the Irish, rise up in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s -
Manifest Destiny
America Purchases Florida -
The Indian Removal Act
a law that was passed by Congress on May 28, 1830, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. It authorized the president to negotiate with Indian tribes in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their homelands. -
Andrew Carnige
This man was Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. -
Willaim Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was 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. -
The Homestead Act
Several United States Fedral laws that allowed an applicant ownership of land with a total of 160 acres of unappropriated Fedral Land -
Susan B Anthony
An American social reformer who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. May 15th 1869 Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Woman Sufferage Association, which helped the womans movement become supported by the 15th amendement -
Suffrage
When the 15th amendment passed it allowed all African American men to vote and this would end the suffrage of African American Males. -
Upton Sinclair
an American author who wrote nearly 100 books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, acquiring particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle. He died on November 25th 1968 -
Ida B. Wells
Ida Bell Wells was asked to get up from her seat to a white woman by a train conductor, in the ladies first class car and move to a smoking area, but Wells refused to move. She did this protest 71 years before the famous Rosa Parks did it. -
The Haymaker Riot
The Haymaker riot was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration. It began as a peaceful protest until police took action in killing some protestors which sparked the riot. -
The Dawes Act
The Dawes Act was signed by Grover Cleveland. The Dawes act goals were to, Break native american tribes, encourage individual initiatives, further the progress of Native farmers, reduce the cost of native administration, secure parts of the land as indian reservation and open the remainder of the land to white settlers for profit -
The Gilded Age
Henry Frick Chairman of the Board of Carnegie Steel and plant manager at Carnegie's Homestead steel plant, shuts down the factory and locks out its employees when negotiations with representatives from the Amalgamated Association of Steel and Iron Workers break down. -
Example of Industrialzation and Urbanazation
Prohibition was designed to reduce drinking by eliminating the businesses that manufactured, distributed, and sold alcoholic beverages. The prohibition movement's strength grew, especially after the formation of the Anti-Saloon League. The consumption of beverage alcohol declined dramatically under prohibition. -
The Klondike Gold Rush
Gold was discovered in Alaska and it would trigger prospectors to come and try to mine for go;d. -
Social Gospel
Progressivism was created and helped social problems such as poverty and labor -
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt was an American Soilder and politician. He was known for serving in the Spanish American was. In 1901 he was elected Vice president cause of how popular he was to the U.S. citizens. In September 14th 1901 Teddy Roosevelt was sworn in as president, due to the assassanation of William Mckinley. This led to a man being in office who cared about making America an unstoppable and powerful nation -
Eugene V. Debs
Debs was an American union leader, he was a founding member of the industrial workers of the world, Which he help found on June 27th 1905 -
The Pure food and Drug Act
This is 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 -
William Howard Taft's Dollar Diplomacy
From 1909 to 1913, President William Howard Taft and Secretary of State Philander C. Knox followed a foreign policy characterized as “dollar diplomacy.”“Dollar diplomacy” was evident in extensive U.S. interventions in the Caribbean and Central America, especially in measures undertaken to safeguard American financial interests in the region. -
16th Amendment
The 16th amendment was passed and this would allow congress the power to tax income. -
17th Amendment
This ammendment calls for the direct election of senators by the voters instead of elections by state legislatures -
Fedral Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act is 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
Prohibted the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcohol -
19th Amendment
Extended the right to vote for women in state or fedral elections -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1920 to 1923 during the administration of President Warren G Harding -
Clarence Darrow
Leopold and Loeb murdered 14 year old boy Bobby Franks. Their Lawyer was Clarence Darrow and their trial would be seen as the trial of the century and one of the biggest cases for Darrow. -
Jane Adams
Jane Addams was a pioneer American settlement social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. She became the first American women to win the Noble Peace Prize. She is recognized as the founder of the social work profession in the United States. -
Civil Service Reform
The Civil Service Act reformed the civil service of the United States federal government, partly in response to the Watergate scandal.
