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Urbanization
A population shift from rural to urban areas, and the ways in which society adapts to the change. -
Manifest Destiny
It w as the widely held belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. -
Susan B. Anthony
death:March 13, 1906
She was an American social reformer who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. -
Indian Removal
a law that was passed by Congress, 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 Carnegie
death:August 11, 1919
He was a Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry -
Suffrage
the right to vote in political elections. -
Eugene V. Debbs
death:October 20, 1926
He an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World -
Clarence Darrow
death: March 13, 1938
He was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. -
Teddy Roosevelt
death:January 6, 1919
He was an American politician, and the 26th President of the United States. -
William Jennings Bryan
death:July 26, 1925
He was a leading American politician from the 1890s until his death. -
Jane Addams
death:May 21, 1935
She was pioneer American settlement social worker,, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. -
Homestead Act
It was a United States federal laws that gave an applicant ownership of land -
Ida B. Wells
death:March 25, 1931
She was an African-American journalist and an early leader in the civil rights movement. -
The Gilded Age
It was an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West -
Upton Sinclair
death:November 25, 1968
He was an American author who wrote nearly 100 books in many genres -
Immigration
The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. -
Haymarket Riot
It was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration at Haymarket Square in Chicago -
The Dawes Act
It authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians -
Klondike Gold Rush
It was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada -
Progressivism
Cities with settlement workers and reformers who were interested in helping those facing harsh conditions at home and at work -
Social Gospel
A Movement is a Protestant Christian intellectual movement that was most prominent in the early 20th century United States and Canada. -
Initiative
he ability to assess and initiate things independentl -
Populism
A political doctrine that appeals to the interests and conceptions (such as hopes and fears) of the general people -
Muckraker
Before World War I, the term "muckraker" was used to refer in a general sense to a writer who investigates and publishes truthful reports -
Dollar Diplomacy
Its the effort of the United States particularly over President William Howard Taft to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries -
Pure Food and Drug Act
It was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws enacted by the Federal Government in the twentieth century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. -
16th amendment
Gave Congress the power to tax income. -
17th amendment
This amendment to the Constitution calls for the direct election of senators by the voters instead of their election by state legislatures -
Federal Reserve Act
An Act of Congress that created and set up the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America -
18th amendment
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages -
19th amendment
Extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections -
Teapot Dome scandal
It was scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States during the reign of President Warren G. Harding. -
the American Dream
A set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and an upward social mobility achieved through hard work. -
Political Machines
A political organization 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. -
Third Parties Politics
Is any party contending for votes that failed to outpoll either of its two strongest rivals (or, in the context of an impending election, -
Referendum
A general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision -
Civil Service Reform
The movements for the improvement of the civil service in methods of appointment, rules of conduct -
Recall
To bring back somehing -
industrialization
The period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial one.
