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Immigration & the American Dreams
The discovery of gold in California in 1849 brought in a hundred thousand men looking for their fortune overnight, and a few did find it. Thus was born the California Dream of instant success. Historian H. W. Brands noted that in the years after the Gold Rush, the California Dream spread across the nation -
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was famous because she stood up to men and protest about women being equal to men. -
Nativism
1830-1845 Nativism is an opposition to immigration which originated in United States politics. Although opposition to immigration is inherent to any country with immigration, the term nativism has a specific meaning. Strictly speaking, nativism distinguishes between Americans who were born in the United States, and individuals who have immigrated. -
Indian Removal
To move Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the river. The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a 19th century steel tycoon who became one of the 20th century's most famous philanthropists. -
Third Party Politics
Third parties have never made a significant bid for control of either the House of Representatives or the Senate. -
Eugene V. Debs
Eugene V. Debs was a labor organizer and the Socialist Party's candidate for U.S. president five times between 1900 and 1920. -
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. -
Teddy Rosevelt
President, Roosevelt saw himself a representative of all the people, including farmers, laborers, white collar workers, and businessmen. Roosevelt therefore was focused on bringing big business under stronger regulation so that he could effectively serve all the people he represented. -
William Jennings Bryan
Was a leading American politician from the 1890s until his death. He was a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's candidate for President of the United States. -
Jane Addams
A pioneer American settlement social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. -
Homestead Act
signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862. Anyone who had never taken up arms against the U.S. government, was 21 years or older, or the head of a family, could file an application to claim a federal land grant. -
Ida B. Wells
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, and an early leader in the civil rights movement. -
Clarence Darrow
An American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. He was best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks. -
Gilded Age
1870-1900 The Gilded Age in United States history is the late 19th century, from the 1870s to about 1900. -
Upton Sinclair
an American author who wrote nearly 100 books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, acquiring particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle. -
Populism & Progressivism
supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite/ Movement to increase democracy in America by curbing the power of the corporation. -
Civil Service Reform
The effort to establish a system for selecting government employees based on merit as indicated by competitive examinations. reduce reliance on the patronage or spoils system -
Haymarket Riot
1886 against McCormick 8 hour work day, bomb, 7 hanged, 7 police killed protesters injured -
Dawes Act
An Act of Congress to provide for individual Native American ownership of land. If Indian families agreed, they could become citizens within 25 years. When gov. decided, they take a large part of the land of that the Indians use. -
urbanization & Industilization
the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban/ The process in which a society or country transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society into one based on the manufacturing of goods and services. -
Klondike Gold Rush
1896-1899 Also called the Yukon Gold Rush, the Alaska Gold Rush, the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush, the Canadian Gold Rush, and the Last Great Gold Rush, was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. -
initative, Referendum, & Recall
proposed law through signature gathering
overturning exisiting law -
Muckraker
Investigative reporters who promoted social and political reforms by exposing corruption and urban problems; leading critics of urban bosses and corporate robber barons; rise of mass media helped them reach a large audience -
Pure Food & Drug Act
A law enacted in 1906 to halt the sale of contaminated foods and drugs and to ensure truth in labeling -
16th Amendment
Gave Congress the power to lay and collect income taxes -
Dollar Diplomacy
President Taft's policy of linking American business interests to diplomatic interests abroad; Term used to describe the efforts of the US to further its foreign policy through use of economic power by gaurenteeing loans to foreign countries -
17th Amendment
Provided that the senators shall be elected by popular vote -
Federal Reserve Act
A national banking system, established in 1913, that controls the U.S. money supply and the availability of credit in the country -
18th Amendment
Forbade the sale or manufacture of intoxicating liquors -
19th Amendment
Granted women the right to vote -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
1920-1923 Secretary of the Interior (Albert Fall) leased government land in California and at Teapot Dome, Wyoming to 2 oil executives- Fall became the first Cabinet official to be sent to prison -
Suffrage
The Right to vote -
Manifest Destiny
The belief that america was meant to be spread from coast to coast
