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Gilded Age
The Gilded Age was a period of time for greed. There was rapid economic growth, However the Gilded Age was also known as an area of poverty. The Gilded Age was known as glittering on the surface but corrupt on the bottom (Mark Twain). -
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Social Gospel
Social Gospel was an religious social reform that was important from 1870 to 1920, especially for the groups dedicated to the betterment of society and involved in charity and and justice. -
Civil Service Reform
Federal law that abolished the united states civil service commission. -
Haymarket Riot
The Haymarket RIot was the aftermath of a bombing at the labor demonstration in Chicago. Someone threw a bomb at the police and that's when it went crazy, despite the little evidence, eight people were convicted. -
The Dawes Act
The Dawes Act was "An Act to Provide for the Allotment of Lands in Severalty to Indians on the Various Reservations," and it also emphasized seperation and treatment of the Native Americans. -
Klondike Goldrush
Yukon-area indians found gold in a place called Robin Creek, in the Yukon area of Canada. Gold was literally found all over and most people became wealthy. -
Initiative, Rferendum, Recall
-Power of citizens to introduce a new legislative measure,
-Submission of a proposed public measure actual statue to a direct popular vote
-The procedure by which a public official may be removed from office by popular vote -
Populism & Progressivism
Implanted to initiate national progress -
Manifest Destiney
Manifest Destiney was the expansion westward. Americans felt that they were destined to expand from coast to coast. -
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Nativism
Protecting interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
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Muckraker
Refrom minded journalists who wrote popular magazines and continued journalism reporting. -
Suffrage
Right to vote -
Pure Food and Drugs Act
The Pure Food and Drugs Act was a federal law passed to make sure people were not getting old, nasty meat. Also now known as the FDA. -
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16th,17th, & 18th amendments
-the Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes.
-The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote
-This amendment prohibits the manufacture, transport, and sale of alcohol one year after the amendment’s ratification.
-This amendment extends the right to vote to women. -
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Dollar Diplomacy
“Dollar diplomacy” was in U.S. interventions in the Caribbean and Central America, especially in measures undertaken to safeguard american financial interests. -
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Immigration & American Dream
-The american dream was a dream that most americans wanted to puruse. It was described as the perfect lifestyle!
-Immigrants increased population and cities became overcrowded. -
Federal Reserve Act
This a federal act set up by the federal system so the United States can be granted the legal authority to issue federal reserve notes. -
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Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Scandal (a incident that took place in the United States) was a scandal of the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by secretary.
