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Political Machines
a political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses -
Labor Strikes
Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike, or simply strike, is a work stoppage, caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.
1791, first strike -
Robber Barons (Captions of Industry)
9th-century industrialists
-increased supply of goods by building factories
- raised productivity
-created jobs
-created museums, libraries, and universities -
The Gilded Age
Era of rapid economic growth -
Indstrialization
The development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale. -
Nativism
The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
1830, first used. -
Susan B. Anthony
American social reformer and women's rights activist.
Traveled around the country delivering speeches in favor of women's suffrage.
1851, met Elizabeth Cady Stanton -
Besser Steel Production
the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace.
1856, year invented -
Tenement
A room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.
1860s first tenements were built -
Social Gospel
Christian faith practiced as a call not just to personal conversion but to social reform.
1861, year Gospel started spreading -
Jacob Riis
Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer.1870, immigrated to U.S -
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist.
Led the expansion of the American Steel Industry.
1873-1901, steel industry expansion. -
Labor Unions
an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests.
1881, first formed -
Alexander Grahm Bell
Scottish-born scientist, inventor, and engineer.
Credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. He also founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885. -
Settlement House
An institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community.
1886, first opened -
Samuel Gompers
English-born American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history.
Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor, and served as the organization's president from 1886 to 1894, and from 1895 until his death in 1924 -
Haymarket Riot
Labor Protests rally turned riot after bomb thrown at police.
Chicago's Haymarket Sqare -
Interstate Commerce Act 1887
Federal law designed to regulate the railroad industry. -
Jane Addams
"Mother" of social work, was a pioneer American settlement activist/reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, public administrator, protestor, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace.
1889, Founded Hull House -
Populism & Progressivism
the quality of appealing to or being aimed at ordinary people
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term applied to a variety of responses to the economic and social problems rapid industrialization introduced to America.
1890, era started -
Sherman Antitrust Act
First Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices
7-2-1890, date approved -
William Jennings Bryan
American orator and politician from Nebraska.
1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party. -
Klondike Gold Rush
Migration of prospectors to North-West California. -
Theodore Rosevelt
Served as the 25th Vice President of the U.S
33rd Governor of New York from 1899 to 1900
26th President of U.S, 1901 -
Eugene V Debbs
American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States.
1905, founded 'Wobbolies' -
Muckracker
characterized reform-minded American journalists who attacked institutions and leaders as corrupt.
1906, term first used. -
Pure food andDrug Act
Prevents manufacture, sale, or transportation of adultery or misbranded, poisonous, or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors. -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
-allow ordinary citizens to propose and approve laws
-Allow voters to approve initiatives proposed by citizens or amendments proposed by the legislature.
-initated by voters to replace public officals before the end of their terms. -
Ida B. Wells
African-American investigative journalist, educator, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
1909, formed National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -
Federal Reserve Act
Established the Federal Reserve System as the central bank of the United States to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system.
1913, year of establishment -
Dollar Diplomacy
Tthe use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Bribery scandal involving the administration of U.S President Warren G. Harding from 1921-1923 -
Clarence Darrow
American lawyer, a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform.
1925 Scopes trial -
Upton Sinclair
American writer who wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres
1943, awarded Pulitzer Prize of Fiction -
16th Amendments
Allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census.
1992, Revision made. -
18th Amendment
The manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction is prohibited. -
19th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
1992, year revised -
17th Amendment
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.
1992 Year of Revision