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Bessemer steel prodution
the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace -
Labor Unions
an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests. -
The Gilded Age
It was when America was progressing to new heights economically from outside, but on the inside there were a lot of corruption this our economic system. -
Industrialization
the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale. -
Robber Barons
a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices -
Political Machines
A political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses, who receive rewards for their efforts. -
Labor Strikes
is a work stoppage, caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. -
social gospel
sought out the abolition of child labors and safer working condition -
Tenement
a multi-occupancy building of any sort. However, in the United States, it has come to refer most specifically to a run-down apartment building or to a slum. -
Nativism
political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants -
Settlement House
an institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community. -
Haymarket Riot
Was a riot to make work hours 8 hours days -
Interstate Commerce Act
Prevent people from unfair practices of the railroads -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The purpose of this federal law was to stop monopolies engaging in unfair practices that prevented fair competition. -
Andrew Carnegie
After the civil war Andrew Carnegie invested in ironworks and build a steel mill in Pittsburgh, selling iron and steel to railroad companies and with that money he bought other steel mills and made the Carnegie Steel corporation -
Klondike Gold Rush
a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada -
Dollar Diplomacy
the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence. -
Populism & Progressivism
Populism aimed to reform the economic system, while Progressivism was focused on bringing the political reforms -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was a progressive governor in New York who freed his state government from corruption and the influence of big business, he became a president after president McKinley was assassinated and he passed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, the Meat Inspection Act, The Pure Food and Drug Act, and Increase the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission Act. Worked to conserve the nation's natural resources and withheld federal lands from public sale. -
Muckrakers
A Group of writer were called this because they raked up the muck of American life -
Susan B. Anthony
an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Regulated the preparation of foods and sale of medicines -
Initiative Referendum Recall
are three powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition, to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office. -
16 amendment
gave congress the power to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census. -
17 Amendment
the right to vote for your Senator -
Federal Reserve Act
created the central bank system of the United State. -
Jacob Rii
Photographed conditions of the urban poor. His book examined the condition of the poor in america -
18 Amendment
abolish alcohol -
19 Amendment
gave the right to vote to all US citizen -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding -
Alexander Graham Bell
The person who invented the telephone -
Samuel Gompers
founded the American Federation of Labo -
William Jennings Bryan
prosecuted John T. Scopes in the Monkey Trail -
Eugene V Debs
Was the leading candidate for the socialist party -
Ida B. Wells
African-American Leader who worked to end Lynching -
Jane Addams
Leader in the settlement house act; Hull House -
Clarence Darrow
representative John Thomas Scopes in the Monkey Trails -
Upton Sinclair
His novel describe the unsanitary practice of the meat-packing industry
