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Industrialization
economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods. Individual manual labor is often replaced by mechanized mass production, and craftsmen are replaced by assembly lines. -
Monreo Doctrine
policy of opposing European colonialism in The Americas beginning in 1823. President James Monroe first stated the doctrine during his seventh annual State of the Union Address to Congress. The term "Monroe Doctrine" itself was coined in 1850. -
Andrew Carnegie
was one of the first "captains of industry." Leader of the American steel industry from 1873 to 1901, he disposed of his great fortune by endowing educational, cultural, scientific, and technological institutions. -
Nativism
policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants. The revival or perpetuation of an indigenous culture especially in opposition to acculturation. -
Eugene V. Debs
American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers -
William Jennings Bryan
became a Nebraska congressman in 1890. He starred at the 1896 Democratic convention with his Cross of Gold speech that favored free silver, but was defeated in his bid to become U.S. president by William McKinley. -
Jane Addams
advocate of immigrants, the poor, women, and peace. Author of numerous articles and books, she founded the first settlement house in the United States. -
Homestead Act
encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land. -
Ida B. wells
journalist, Wells led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s, and went on to found and become integral in groups striving for African-American justice. -
The Gilded Age
time between the Civil War and World War I during which the U.S. population and economy grew quickly, there was a lot of political corruption and corporate financial misdealing and many wealthy people lived very fancy lives. -
Upton Sinclair
infamous 1906 book exposing the horrific conditions of the meatpacking industry, brought to light what was actually happening when the government didn't step into businesses -
Urbanication
The urbanization of the United States has progressed throughout its entire history. Over the last two centuries, the United States of America has been transformed from a predominantly rural, agricultural nation into an urbanized, industrial one. -
Populism
politically oriented coalition of agrarian reformers in the Middle West and South that advocated a wide range of economic and political legislation in the late 19th century. -
Chinese Exclusion act of 1882
The Chinese Exclusion Act had a ripple effect on the United States' legal history. It was followed by the Geary Act of 1892 which extended the provisions of the Exclusion Act for another ten years. In 1902 the ban against the immigration of Chinese laborers was made permanent. -
Haymarket Riot
labor protest rally near Chicago's Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day. -
Dawes act
The Dawes Act outlawed tribal ownership of land and forced 160-acre homesteads into the hands of individual Indians and their families with the promise of future citizenship. -
Yellow Journalism
journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering or sensationalism. -
Progressivism
member or supporter of a chiefly agrarian reform movement advocating the nationalization of railways, low tariffs, an end to party politics, and similar measures: important in the early 1920s. adjective. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or mis-brandished or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. -
Muckraker
used in the Progressive Era to characterize reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt. They typically had large audiences in some popular magazines -
Social Gospel
movement led by a group of liberal Protestant progressives in response to the social problems raised by the rapid industrialization, urbanization, and increasing immigration of the Gilded Age. -
16th Amendent
Income tax allows for the federal government to keep an army, build roads and bridges, enforce laws and carry out other important duties. -
18th Amendment
United States Constitution effectively established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol -
19th Amendments
the 19th amendment is a very important amendment to the constitution as it gave women the right to vote in 1920. You may remember that the 15th amendment made it illegal for the federal or state government to deny any US citizen the right to vote. -
Teapot dome Scandal
involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921