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manifest destiny
Manifest Destiny is a term for the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast. -
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Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony went on to work as a teacher before becoming a leading figure in the abolitionist and women's voting rights movement. She partnered with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and would eventually lead the National American Woman Suffrage Association. -
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industrialization
The Industrial Revolution was of great importance to the economic development of the United States. The first Industrial Revolution occurred in Great Britain and Europe during the late eighteenth century. -
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andrew Carnegie
andrew carnegie was one of the richest americans ever. He was the leader of the steel industry. He created a massive amount of jobs and gave alot of americans work -
robber barons
robber baron also known as captain of industry described industrialists who also benefitted society. 19th century Robber Barons included J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Andrew W. Mellon, and John D. Rockefeller. -
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Nativism
Nativism is the political position of preserving status for certain established inhabitants of a nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants. -
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eugene v debs
Eugene Victor Debs was an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. his speech denouncing American participation in World War I led to his second arrest in 1918. He was convicted under the Sedition Act of 1918 and sentenced to a term of 10 years. -
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urbanization
it is called urbanization when populations of people grow, the population of a place may spill over from city to nearby areas. Maybe tall apartment buildings spring up on what had been the outskirts of town, bringing more people there to live and work. -
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clarence darrow
After World War I, Darrow defended several war protesters charged with violating state sedition laws. He saved Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold from a death sentence though not from imprisonment,for the murder of 14-year-old Robert Franks in Chicago. -
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theodore roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt unexpectedly became the 26th president of the United States in September 1901. he then won a second term in 1904. Roosevelt won a Nobel Peace Prize for his negotiations to end the Russo-Japanese War and spearheaded the beginning of construction on the Panama Canal. -
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william jennings bryan
Born in Illinois, William Jennings Bryan became a Nebraska congressman in 1890. He starred at the 1896 Democratic convention with his Cross of Gold speech that favored free silver, but was defeated in his bid to become U.S. president by William McKinley. -
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Jane Addams
jane addams was a social activist who fought for womans suffrage and world peace. she was one of most prominent reformers in the progressive era. she also created the first settlement home in america -
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ida B wells
A daughter of slaves, Ida B. Wells was born in Holly Springs. A journalist, Wells led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s, and went on to found and become integral in groups striving for African-American justice. She died in 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. -
homestead act
The Homestead Act of 1862 provided that any adult citizen who headed a family could qualify for a grant of 160 acres of public land by paying a small registration fee and living on the land continuously for five years. -
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the gilded age
the gilded age was when there was, Rapid economic growth generated vast wealth and New products and technologies improved middle-class quality of life. Industrial workers and farmers did not share in the new prosperity, working long hours in dangerous conditions for low pay. Gilded Age politicians were largely corrupt and ineffective and Most Americans during the Gilded Age wanted political and social reforms, but they disagreed strongly on what kind of reform. -
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upton sinclair
upton sinclair wrote nearly 100 books and other works. some of his books had been made to expose certain unlawful things allowed within the country. This created alot of public uproar and made him popular. -
chinese exclusion act 1882
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was an American Law, signed by President Chester Arthur, that prohibited Chinese workers from entering the United States. This was mainly because people thought that the chinese people were taking jobs away from americans. -
haymarket riot
On May 4, 1886, 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
the Act broke up previous land settlements given to Native Americans in the form of reservations and separated them into smaller, separate parcels of land to live on. the Act required Natives to live apart from their nations and assimilate into European culture. -
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populists and progressives
Both were based on the peoples dissatisfaction with government and its inability to deal in addressing the problems of the day. The supporters of both these movements had become especially outraged that moneyed special interest groups controlled government, and that the people had no ability to break this control. They soon began to propose a platform of political reforms that included women’s suffrage, secret ballots, direct election of U.S. -
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Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush was an event of migration by an estimated 100,000 people prospecting to the Klondike region of north-western Canada in the Yukon region. It's also called the Yukon Gold Rush, the Last Great Gold Rush and the Alaska Gold Rush. -
pure food and drug act
the pure food and drug act 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. -
16th amendment
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on income without regard to any census or enumeration. There was an income tax before the 16th amendment, and it was in effect during the Civil War. -
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dollar diplomacy
dollar diplomacy was a form against American foreign policy to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. -
17th Amendment
before the 17th Amendment, the Constitution specified that senators were elected by state legislatures. the Constitution was changed with the 17th Amendment so that 'the Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people. -
federal reserve act
The Federal Reserve Act intended to establish a form of economic stability in the United States through the introduction of the Central Bank, which would be in charge of monetary policy. The Federal Reserve Act is perhaps one of the most influential laws concerning the U.S. financial system. -
19th amendment
The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution granted women the right to vote, prohibiting any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. It was ratified on August 18, 1920 after a long struggle known as the women's suffrage movement. -
18th amendment
prohibited the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors. it took about 13 years before the 21st amendment was passed allowing achohol again. -
teapot dome scandal
teapot dome scandal was surrounding the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of the interior, Albert Bacon Fall. After Presedent Harding transferred supervision of the naval oil-reserve lands from the navy to the Department of the Interior in 1921, Fall secretly granted to Harry F. Sinclair of the Mammoth Oil Company exclusive rights to the Teapot Dome reserves