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Manifest Destiny
the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. -
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Initiative, Referendum, Recall
In political terminology, the initiative is a process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes and, in some states, constitutional amendments on the ballot. -
Susan B. Anthony
an American social reformer who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. -
Indian Removal
Indian removal was a 19th-century policy of ethnic cleansing by the government of the United States to move Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the river. -
Andrew Carnegie
industrialist who led the expansion of the American steel industry. -
Suffrage
the right to vote in political elections. many people want this but its limited to very few in this time period -
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The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age from the 1870s to about 1900. a period of growth and industry in america -
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Third Parties Politics
The term third party is used in the United States for any and all political parties in the United States other than one of the two major parties -
Eugene V. Debbs
one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, -
Clarence Darrow
an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. -
Theodore Roosevelt
was an American politician, author, naturalist, soldier, explorer, and historian who served as the 26th President of the United States. -
William Jennings Bryan
was a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party -
Jane Addams
a pioneer American settlement social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. -
Homestead Act
Dollar Diplomacy is the effort of the United States—particularly over President William Howard Taft—to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. -
Ida B. Wells
an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, and an early leader in the civil rights movement. -
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Social Gospel
The Social Gospel movement is a Protestant Christian intellectual movement that was most prominent in the early 20th century United States and Canada. -
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Nativisim
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
Upton Sinclair
was an American author who wrote nearly 100 books in many genres. -
Populism & Progressivism
farmers believed that industrialists and bankers controlled both the republicans and the democrats within’ the government a movement to improve American life by taking advantage of democracy -
Haymarket Riot
The Haymarket affair (also known as the Haymarket massacre or Haymarket riot) was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration. -
Dawes Act
also known as the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887. it seperated indians into confined areas and allowed for indians who were seperate from the tride to be free american citizns -
Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush, 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 -
Immigration & the American Dream
Immigrants is associate the American dream with opportunity, a good job and home ownership. -
Urbanization & Industrialization
The U.S. economy changed dramatically during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as the country transformed from a rural agricultural nation to a industraail super power. -
Political Machines
A political machine is a political 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. -
Muckraker
The term muckraker refers to reform-minded journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines and continued a tradition of investigative journalism reporting; muckrakers often worked to expose social ills and corporate and political corruption. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was a key piece of Progressive Era legislation, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt on the same day as the Federal Meat Inspection Act. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy is the effort of the United States—particularly over President William Howard Taft—to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. -
16th, 17th, 18th, 19th Amendments
also known as the “Progressive Era” amendments these admendments gave rights to people and improved the overall secureaty of the united states -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1920 to 1923, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding -
Civil Service Reform
this act reformed the civil service of the United States -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act is an Act of Congress that created and set up the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes and Federal Reserve Bank Notes as legal tender.
