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Political Machine
city government were often run by corrupt political machine -
Alexander Graham Bell
educator of the deaf -
Nativism
dislike of foreigners -
ida b wells
was one of the main tactics used to terrorize african american especially in the south -
The gilded age
the entrepreneurs were able to reap huge profits for themselves -
Susan B anthony
A prominent reformer, attempted to vote in Rochester, New York -
Industrialism
US wanted to jump to a lead in industrialization ahead of britian -
Samuel Gompers
founded American Federation of Labor -
Bessemer steel production
The bessemer made the production of steel more economic. -
Haymarket riot
The Haymarket affair a bombing that took place -
Settlement house
institution in an downtown area -
Sherman Antitrust Act
the purpose of this federal law was to stop monopolies engaging in unfair practices that prevented fair competition -
Insterstate commerce act
The court ruled that only congress had the power to regulate interstate commerce -
Jane Addams
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Andrew Carnegie
America's richest and most powerful man -
Labor Strikes
Homestead act in 1892 -
William Jenning Byran
His cross gold speech pleased farmers and bankers -
Klondike Gold Rush
A migration to north-western canda -
Theodore Roosevelt
He took steps to free his state from corruption -
Robber Barons
ruthless tactics he use to destroy competition and to keep their workers wages low -
Social Gossip
movement called for social reforms including the safe working conditions -
pure food and drug act
an act for preventing sale or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors -
Jacob riis
danish american social reformer, journalist, and photographer -
Upton Sinclair
In the jungle described the unsanitary practices of meat packing industry -
Muckraker
characterize reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt -
Dollar Diplomacy
promoted Americans foreign policy goals -
initiative, referendum, recall
Three powers reserved to enable voters by petition -
17th amendment
Senators were elected directly by the people -
16th amendment
allows congress to charge a income tax without diving it among the states -
Federal Reserve Act
reformed the banking industry by establishing 12 regional federal reserve banks -
18th amendment
forbid liquors in the united states -
19th amendment
making the united states a true democracy -
tea pot dome scandal
uncovered just after hardings death in 1923 -
clarence darrow
represented scopes at the monkey trail on evolution -
Eugene v Debbs
one of the founding members of the industrial workers of the world -
tenement
single room apartment