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Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was born on Feburary 15, 1820 and died on March 13, 1906. Anthony was an American social reform who played a very big role in the women's suffrage movement. Also she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavety Society. -
Indian Removal
Was a law passed by Congress during the presidency of Andrew Jacksom. It authorized the president to negotiate with Indian tribes in the Southern U.S. for their removal -
Eugene V. Debb's
Debs was born on November 5, 1855 and died on October 20, 1926. Debs served as an American union leader, and one of the founding members of the Industrial Worked of the World (WWI). -
Clerance Dorrow
Dorrow was born on April 18, 1857 and died on March 13, 1938. He was significant for being an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. Also was known for defending Lepold and Loeb in their trial. -
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 and died on January 6, 1919. Roosevelt eas an American politician, naturalist, and historian who served as the 26th president. Also he was founder of the progressive party. -
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan was born on March 19, 1860 and diesd on July 26, 1925. He was a leading American politician from the 1890s. Also he was a dominant force in the Democratic party and candidate president of the United States three times. -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams was born on September 6, 1860 and dies May 21, 1935. She was a pioneer American settlement social worker, public philospher, and leader in womens suffrage and world peaace. -
Homestead Act
The Homestead Act was signed into law on May 20, 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln. This act stated anyones who had never taken up arms against the U.S. govt. that was 21 years of age or head of a family, could file an application for a land grant. -
Ida B. Wells
Wells was born on July 16, 1862 and died on March 25, 1931. She was an African American journalist, editor, suffragist, and an early leader in the civil rights movement. -
Political Machines
This is a political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and their businesses who receive recognition for their efforts. April 12, 1878 is when William M. Tweed died and he was the big boss and played a major role in political machienes. -
Upton Sinclair
Sinclair was born on September 20, 1878 an died on November 25, 1968. An American author who wrote nearly 100 books in many different genres. He got popular off of his classic novel, The Jungle. -
Haymarket Riot
The Haymarket Riot was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labir demonstartion at Haymarket Square in Chicago. -
The Dawes Act 1887
The Dawes act was amended in 1891 and again in 1906, the dawes act was to stimulate assimilation of indians into mainstream American Society. -
Klondike Gold Rush
Also known as the Yukon Gold Rush was a migration of an estimated 100,000 propectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Is a United States federal Law that provided federal inspection of meat products and stop the manufacture, sale, or transport of food products and poisonous patent medicines. -
16th Amendment
This 16th Amendment stopded income taxes from the constitutional requirements. -
17th Amendment
The United States established direct election of United Stated Senators by popular vote. -
Federal Reserves Act
Is an act of congress that created and set up the Federal Act of Congress that created and set up the fedral Reserve System. -
18th Amendemnt
United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States declearing illegal thr production, transport and sell of alcohol. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment prohibits any United States citizens from being denied the riht to vote on the basis of gender. -
Tea Pot Domes Scandal
Was a bribery incident that took place in the U.S. from 1920-1923 during the administration of Warren G. Harding. Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome. -
Immigration & the American Dream
The American Dream for Immigrants meant opportunity, a good job, and home ownership. The United States provides more opportunties than many other countries. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1935 and died on August 11, 1919. He was a Scottish American Industrilist who led the expansion of the American steel industry. -
Civil Service Reform
Refers to movemetns for the for the improvement of the civil service in methods of, appointment, rules of conduct. Also was a major issue in the late 19th century and in the early 20th century. -
Populism
American populism started in 1876 and ended in 1896 but populism is a political doctrine that appeals to the intrestests and conceptions pf the general people. -
Progressivism 1890-1920
Is a philosophy based on progress which resulted in advancements in science, technology, economic development and improve human condition. Progressivism became significant during the Age of Enlightment in Europe. -
Dollar Diplomacy 1909-1913
A policy aimed at furthering the interests of the United States abroad by encouraging the investment of U.S. capital in foreign countries -
The Gilded Age 1870-1900
The Gilded Age was an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. American wages, mostly for skilled workers were much higher than in Europe, which attracted millions of immigrants. -
Social Gospel
The Social Gospel movement is a Protestant Christian intellectual movemnt that was most prominent in the early 20th century United States and Canada. -
Manifest Destiny 19th Century
In the 19th Century, Manifest Destiny was the widely held belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. -
Nativism 19th century
Is the political position of demanding a favored status of certain established inhabitants of a nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants. -
Muckraker 20th century
This refers to reform-minded journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines and investigative journalism, muckrahers often worked to expose social ills and political corruption. -
Suffrage
Is the right to vote gained through the democratic process. The right to run for office is sometimes called candiddate eligbilitty, and the combination of both rights is called full suffrage. -
Third Parties Politics
Is used in the U.S. for any and all political parties in the U.S. other than the Republican and Democatic party. -
Referendum
A general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been refered to them for a direct decision.
