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Industrialization
It was a period of social and economic reforms for the U.S as we were expanding and developing west. We started advancing in technology creating factories to help support the growing population. -
18th amendment
manufacturing, selling, or transporting intoxicating liquors importation or exportation of the United States is prohibited -
19th amendment
The right to vote can not be taken away regardless of sex. -
Nativism
Policy of protecting original inhabitants of the country for example the american indians who were here and had settled the land before we had even made it to the americas. -
Indian removal
signed into law by Andrew Jackson and authorized rights to distribute unsettled lands west of Mississippi in exchange of indian lands within existing state borders some went peacefully and some resisted the policy -
Manifest Destiny
A belief by United states settlers that they were meant to expand from coast to coast. -
Susan B. Anthony
She was active in temperance and eventually got into women rights movement because women weren't allowed to speak in temperance rallies and would soon dedicate he life to women suffrage -
Homestead act
encouraged western immigration and said that for a certain price and improvement of the land for five years would receive ownership of the land which caused a western expansion. -
Political machines
group of politics who have a boss that support corps of businesses usually campaign workers and receive rewards for their work. -
The gilded age
era that was riddled with corruption but was covered up which is how Mark Twain described it as the gilded age. The government of this time hid a lot of stuff but was overshadowed by the expansion of the west. -
Urbanization
was the movement from rural to more developing areas to improve living. -
Populism & Progressivism
Populism supporters are generally the public while Progressivism is supported more by rich powerful politicians -
Civil service reform
States that government positions should be rewarded on a merit basis rather than decided by political affiliation -
Eugene V. Debbs
He was an american union leader and helped found Industrial works of the world or IWW. He was also considered a candidate five times for President of the United States. -
Haymarket riot
aftermath of a bombing that took place in Haymarket square in Chicago at a labor demonstration. -
Dawes act
allowed the President of the United States to survey american indian land and split it up for individual indians.The land was so small that they were unable to sustain the land for agricultural use and they simply were just to poor to maintain the land. -
Andrew Carnegie
He led the expansion of the american steel industry in the 19th century. He also became one of the leading Philanthropist In the U.S and for the British empire. -
William Jennings Bryan
He was an american orator and politician in which he emerged as a dominant force in the democratic party. He served in the U.S House of Representatives and also was the United States Secretary of state. -
Klondike gold rush
the immigration of about 100,000 people to the klondike region in Yukon, Northern Canada where gold was discovered by local miners and also occurred in San Francisco and Seattle the following year -
Initiative and Referendum
three powers reserved to enable voters by petition to propose, repeal , or remove an elected official from office -
Immigration & the american dream
Immigrants believed that america offered something no other country did a fresh start with a chance to begin their lives with new opportunities. -
Theodore Rosevelt
He was very involved as a american statesman, author, soldier, explorer and naturalist which led to him being elected as the 26th president of the U.S. He was involved in many political positions throughout his career as a politician. -
Pure food and drug act
Prevented manufacture, sale, or transportation of cheapened or misbranded foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors. -
Muckraker
one who inquires and published scandals as well as allegations of corruption among government leaders and politicians. Rosevelt put it as someone who rakes muck to earn worldly gain by getting dirt on people and portraying it as the truth. -
Ida B. Wells
She was a lead in the civil rights movement and was on of the founders of National Association for the Advancement of Colored people. -
Dollar Diplomacy
form of foreign policy to further its aims at latin america and East Asia through use of economic power to guarantee loans. -
17th amendment
Established popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states. -
Federal Reserve act
Established a form of economic stability through the introduction of Central Bank which was in charge of monetary policy -
16th amendment
allows congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it to the states also exempts income tax from constitution requirements regarding direct taxes, after income taxes on rents, dividends, and interest were ruled to be direct taxes in the case of Pollock V Farmers' Loan trust CO. -
Suffrage
Womens suffrage was concerning their voting rights which were limited and also had other rights that were not given to them simply for the fact that they were women. -
Tea pot dome scandal
It was a bribery the began during the leadership of President Harding and by order control of the naval oil reserves at Teapot dome was transferred from the Navy dept. to the interior dept. -
Clarence Darrow
He was a lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union and an advocate for an economic reform. -
Jane Addams
She won a nobel peace prize as she was a pioneer social works and a feminist. She served for sixteen years as a state senator and fought as an officer in the civil war. -
Third parties politics
contending for any votes that the major two rivals are not able to get and also can draw attention to important issues that maybe the first two parties didn't address. -
Upton Sinclair
He was an american writer and was famous and well known the first half of the twentieth century which won him the pulitzer prize for friction. He is most recognized for the novel "The Jungle" which covered labor and sanitary conditions in the american meat packing industry.
