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Industrialization
Beginning with an agricultural economy and moving to and industrial economy. This was made possible in the U.S. because of the western railroads and western expansion. -
Nativism
The political position of supporting a favored status for certain established inhabitants of a nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants. This meant that essentially early segregation was in the U.S. -
Indian Removal
A policy of the U.S. where Native Americans were forcibly removed from their homelands in the eastern United States to lands west of the Mississippi River. -
Manifest Destiny
The European's idea that God had intended for them to conquer the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific. -
Suffrage
The struggle in the U.S. for women's right to vote and the right to run for office. -
Homestead Act
Provided settlers with 160 acres of public land. In order to keep their land homesteaders paid a fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land. -
Susan B. Anthony
Founded Woman's National Refuge and was a very significant and influential leader in the right for women's rights. -
The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age was an era of rapid economic growth especially in the North and West. This caused many Europeans to immigrate due to the much higher wages. -
Civil Service Reform
Placed most federal employees on the merit system also called the spoils system. -
Haymarket Riot
The aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration at Haymarket Square in Chicago. -
Dawes Act
Essentially the homestead act but for natives. Allowed the president to divide native tribal land. -
Populism and Progressivism
Believes in the power of the general public and the average man and rejects social darwinism. -
Muckracker
Name given to U.S. journalists and other writers who exposed corruption in politics. -
Andrew Carnegie
Founded Carnegie Steel. One of the richest men in history. -
William Jennings Bryan
Three time democratic nominee and served as secretary of state in Nebraska. -
Klondike Gold Rush
The migration of 100,000 gold prospectors in the yukon in Canada. -
Theodor Roosevelt
26th president of the United States. -
Dollar Diplomacy
the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence. -
Eugene V. Debbs
an American union leader and one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World. -
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The act that prevented manufacturing of contaminated, diseased, or altered food or drugs. -
Ida B. Wells
A women's suffrage activist and a journalist and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Urbanization
A population shift from rural to urban areas. Couples with industrialization. -
Federal Reserve Act
Established the central banking system in the united states and gave them permission to print money. -
16th Amendment
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. -
17th Amendment
Established the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states. -
Jane Addams
A leader in women's suffrage and a leader in world peace. -
18th Amendment
Prevented the sale, manufacture, and transport of alcohol. -
19th Amendment
Granted American women the right to vote -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
A bribery incident that took place in the United States in regard to oil and fuel for the navy. -
Clarence Darrow
Best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert Franks. -
Immigration and the American Dream
the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. Immigrants came to the U.S. tp pursue the american dream which is the idea that you can be anything you want to be. -
Political Machines
Organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses who receive rewards for their efforts. -
Initiative and Referendum
When citizens vote on laws instead of the state or national governments. The referendum originated as a populous reform in the populist party, but was later picked up by the progressive reform movement. -
Third Party Politics
any party contending for votes that failed to outpoll either of its two strongest rivals.
