The Gilded Age and Progressive Era

  • Political Machines

    Political Machines
    A party that follows one boss that has enough power/influence to obtain votes so they can control a city, country, or even a state.
  • Susan B. Anthony

    Susan B. Anthony
    Women's right activist and an American social reformer. Played important roles in spreading awareness of slavery and in the women's suffrage movement.
  • Nativism

    Nativism
    The policy that protects the interests of native-born than that of immigrants.
  • Jane Addams

    Jane Addams
    An American social worker, sociologist, activist, reformer, public administrator, and author. Second women to earn a peace prize. Founder of Women's International League of Peace and Freedom
  • Homestead Act

    Homestead Act
    Made to aid economic growth, the government agreed to hand out 160 acres of land to whoever agreed to farm said land.
  • Ida B. Wells

    Ida B. Wells
    A journalist, educator, researcher, and activist; an early leader of the civil rights movement
  • W. E. B DuBois

    W. E. B DuBois
    An American sociologist, socialist, and historian who fought for civil rights during his time.
  • Upton Sinclair

    Upton Sinclair
    the author of "The Jungle", muckraker, and political activist
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act
    Restricted immigration from China to enter the United States
  • Homestead Strike 1892

    Homestead Strike 1892
    Was also known as the Homestead Riot, the Homestead Strike was a violent labor dispute in 1892 that involved the Carnegie Steel Company and its workers.
  • Klondike Gold Rush

    Klondike Gold Rush
    A migration that occurred during 1896 to 1899 due to the the discovery of gold in Klondike River.
  • Initiative

    Initiative
    The right that people can propose a new law.
  • Referendum

    Referendum
    A vote by the electorate to propose a law or address a political issue
  • Muckraker

    Muckraker
    Any group of American writers that wrote about pre-World War I exposé writing/reform.
  • Recall

    Recall
    The act where in certain circumstances, people can vote out a elected representative
  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment
    Congress can collect taxes on income without having to worry about any census or enumerations
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment
    the outlawing of the production, sale, and transportation of alcoholic drinks and beverages.
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    Allowed the right to vote regardless of sex; prohibited the United States and its states from denying people to vote regardless of sex