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Industrialization
the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale. -
Political Machines
is a political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses. -
Nativism
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
Susan B. Anthony
She was a women's rights activist and played a major role in the Women's Rights Act. -
Bessemer steel production
It was the first inexpensive industrial to produce mass production of steel. -
Tenement
a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist. In the early 1870s, Carnegie co-founded his first steel company, near Pittsburgh. -
The Gilded Age
was an era of rapid economic growth. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Was a Scottish-born scientist and invented the telephone. -
Labor Strikes
is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. -
Settlement House
is a organization that provides services and activities designed to identify and reinforce the strengths of individuals, families and communities. -
Labor Unions
an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests. -
Haymarket Riot
Was an outbreak in Chicago after a bombing happened. -
Samuel Gompers
Was an English-born American labor union leader and he founded and served as the first president of the American Federation of Labor. -
Interstate Commerce Act 1887
Is a federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry. -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams is the founder of Hull House. Hull House was a progressive social settlement reducing poverty by providing social services and education to working class immigrants and laborers -
Ida B. Wells
Was a African-American journalist and played a part in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Jacob Riis
He was an American-Danish muckraker journalist. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. -
Populism & Progressivism
Populism is the support for the concerns of ordinary people. Progressivism is the support for or advocacy of improvement of society by reform. -
Eugene V. Debs
Was an American Socialist and became president of the American Railway Union. -
Clarence Darrow
Was an American Lawyer and was famous for defending Eugene V. Debs, arrested on a federal charge arising form the Pullman Strike. -
Klondike Gold Rush
was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike in Yukon, Canada. -
William Jennying Bryan
Was an American politician and was unsuccessful in running for U.S. presidency three times. -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
are three powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition, to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Was the 26th president of the United States. He also construction of the Panama Canal. -
Muckraker
A person who publishes misdeeds for profit or gains. -
Upton Sinclair
Was an American writer and he was known for publishing on of his popular book "The Jungle". -
Pure Food and Drug Act
A law to remove harmful food and drugs in the market -
Dollar Diplomacy
the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence. -
16th Amendment
The Congress will have power over to lay or collect taxes on incomes. -
17th Amendment
The Senate of the United States should have two Senators from each state. -
Federal Reserve Act
is an Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System. -
18th Amendment
not prohibit the consumption of alcohol. -
Social Gospel
a movement led by a group of liberal Protestant progressives in response to the social problems. -
19th Amendment
Gives the rights for women to vote. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company -
Robber Barons
A wealthy industrialist in the 19th century and became rich by being ruthless.
