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Industrialization
This is a period of time from when people build their nation by constructing new things and bettering their surrounding by newer and improved items, such as maybe improve the gravel roads to cement ones. This started from around 1760 and continued on to the late 1900s. -
18th Amendment
This is one of the many amendments in the constitution. The 18th amendment specifically deals with alcohol and where it is aloud and dealing with transportation and production of it. -
17th Amendment
Each state is supposed to have two senators, this amendment gives the people the power to choose the senators of the United States. This amendment was ratified in 1913. -
Monroe Doctrine
This is the best and most known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere.It was a message that was delivered to Congress by President James Monroe in December 1823, where it warns European nations that the United States would no longer deal with any colonization/puppet monarchs. -
Indian Removal
This was an act/law established and was signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, giving the president the right to take unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands -
Manifest Destiny
This is a term stating it was believed that people were meant to go from coast to coast in search of land. -American expansion -
Nativism
This is a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants. People who were nativist believed they were true native americans. these people also created politic parties. -
Homestead Act
This was a law granting 160 acres of land to any U.S. citizen. This was passed by Congress in 1862. -
Susan B. Anthony
She played a pivotal role in the woman movement, which she lead with her partner, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. They both brought up women's right to vote. -
The Gilded Age
It got its name from Mark Twain - he meant that the period was "glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath." This is the time between the Civil War and WW1, when the U.S. grew quickly. -
Andrew Carnegie
He was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Not to mention he was the head leader of the American steel industry from 1873 to 1901. He was a wealthy man because of this; he would donate some of his money to educational, cultural, and scientific institutions. -
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
This was a law restricting immigration into the United States. Spring of 1882 the President signed it and the law was passed by congress. This took a toll on Chinese labor immigration for 10 years. -
Haymarket Riot
This was the result of the bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4th, 1886, at the Chicago square. This also had a lasting effect labour movement in the United states. The Knights of Labor wee the ones to blame for this tragedy. -
Dawes Act
This is also known as the General Allotment Act. This is a law that authorized President of the United States to be able to survey Indian land and distribute it equally. -
Jane Addams "mother of social work"
She was a pioneer American settlement activist/reformer, social worker (mother of), public philosopher, sociologist, author, and lead women's suffrage. (1889) She cofounded one of the first settlements in the U.S. -the Hull House in Chicago, Illinois- She also co-winner of 1931 Nobel Peace Prize -
Progressivism
This is the support of of social reform. It is based on the Idea of Progress, which shows what advancements in science, technology, economic development, and social organization are needed for the improvement of the human condition. -
Eugene V. Debs
He was an American railway union leader(1893) and on of the Industrial Workers of the World's founder. Also, Debs ran for president on five different times as a socialist party. -he never won- He also began a boycott.(1894) -
William Jennings Bryan
He was an Nebraska congressman(1890). He also tried running for president (democrat) and said his Cross of Gold speech but was but lost to William McKinley(1896). -
Klondike Gold Rush
This was a migration of 100,000 of prospectors to the klondike region (in the Yukon territory of Canada) between 1896 and 1899 after gold was found in the area. This is known by two other names, the Alaska Gold Rush and the Yukon Gold Rush. -
Initiative & Referendum
Both of these, along with recall, are three powers dealing with voting. This gives them choice by petition to want to remove and elected official from the office. People need to apply for this. -
Yellow Journalism
Also known as the yellow press.
This is a US term for a type of journalism that presents little or no researched news and instead has good/catchy headlines to sell more newspapers. -
Clarence Darrow
He was a lawyer as well as a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union -
Political Machines
This is a group where a boss or small group command the support of a corps of business -usually campaign workers. -
Robber Barons (Captains of Industry)
Robber baron is a term -metaphor- of social criticism meant to be applied to certain late 19th-century American businessmen who used injustice and unfair methods to get rich. -
Recall
This is a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office with a vote before that official's time has ended. This is also called a recall referendum/representative recall -
Dollar Diplomacy
It is a form of American foreign policy that deals with Latin America and East Asia through use of their economic power by guaranteeing loans made to other countries -
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Theodore Roosevelt
He was on of the United States' president. (26th to be exact) He was a statesman, author, explorer, solider, and naturalist. His party served as the Republicans. -
Upton Sinclair
He was a novelist and political writer as well as one of the most important muckrakers of the 1900's. He was the author of The Jungle(1906), its a book that helped improve the working conditions in the meat packing industry. With his novel he also exposed the harsh working conditions as well as exposing the meat to everyone resulting to new federal food safety laws. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
This was a law passed in 1906 that prevented the sale and manufacture of poisonous/misbranded foods, medicine, drugs, and liquor. This was a piece of the Progressive Era Legislation. Not to mention tis was lead by the role of the muckrakers. -
Ida B. Wells
She was the first African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist, and an early leader in Civil Rights Movements. One important thing, she founded(1909) the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), this was for the african american rights. -
Federal Reserve Act
Thanks to Congress establishing this, it started the Federal Reserve System -which created the Federal Reserve Notes. -
Muckraker
A muckraker is a group of creative people, such as writers, journalists, and critics who brought up corruption in the beginning of the 20th century. They wanted to show everyone the abuse of the politic powers by raising awareness, corruption, and by bringing reform. -
19th amendment
This amendment had to do with voting rights. Anyone of any race and gender would now be able to vote freely for whoever they choose under the congresses decision making of allowing this amendment. -
Tea pot dome scandal
This was a incident that had to do with bribery in the United States during the time of the administration of the President Warren G. Harding. Albert B. Fall is the one who is found guilty for this due to his exception of the bride while he was in office. -
Immigration & the American Dream
This was a term known well to immigrants; it was an opportunity to them, to be someone and be in this country. -
Populism
This is a political approach that disrupts the existing social order by mobilizing the saying "common man" and "the people" against "establishment" -
Social Gospel
This was a religious movement in the United States the late 19th century, its purpose was to make christian churches more responsive to social situations. This also lead to ministers tying up salvations. -
16th Amendment
Being able for congress to collect taxes on whatever income without the states saying anything. This was rev. 1992. the states of Delaware, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont and Wyoming ratified the 16th amendment. -
Urbanization
Expanding the growth of a nation/city by building more things, such as buildings, railroads, street, stores, homes, neighborhoods, etc.
