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Susan B. Anthony
She was a important women rights activist that lead the women's suffrage movement. She attempted to vote due to the fact that she was a citizen and had a right under the 14th amendment. However judge refused her vote because she was a women. This started the women's suffrage movement. -
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Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a successful entrepreneur that helped organize and increase productions. He bought iron ore fields, coal mines and ships to have complete control over the production of steel. -
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Alexander Graham Bell
He was an educator of the deaf and he invented the telephone in 1876 -
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Jacob Riis
Jacob Riis was a Danish-American muckraker, social reformist, and journalist -
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Samuel Gompers
A labor union leader and found the American Federation of Labor. He was the president of that organization from 1886 - 1895. -
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Eugene V. Debbs
One of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World and an American socialist. -
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Clarence Darrow
A lawyer that defended a teacher who broke a law about teaching evolution. -
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Theodore Roosevelt
He believed in strong Presidency, and used his powers to safeguard the public interest. He used the anti-trust law to curb the unfair practices of business. -
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Jane Addams
Leader in the settlement house movement; Hull House in the Progressive Movement. -
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Ida B Wells
She was a journalist who fought for racial and gender equality in teh progressive movement -
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The Gilded Age
Entrepreneurs were able to reap huge profits for themselves creating immense wealth. The time period was known as the Gilded Age because of their lavish lifestyles. -
The Knights of Labor
A Labor Union, it tried to unite all American workers, both skilled and unskilled, into one national labor union, but this was not successful. -
Robber Barons (Captains of industry)
Its what critics called entrepreneurs because of the ruthless tactics they used to destroy competition and to keep their worker's wages low. Captains of Industry were also considered entrepreneurs, they forged the modern industrial economy. -
Tenements
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Bessemer steel production
The first inexpensive process for mass steel production from molten pig iron. -
Politcal Machine
Boss or small group told the workers and supporters of the machine what to do. -
Great Railroad Strike 1877
Workers of Baltimore and Ohio went on strike due to the company reducing worker's wage twice over the previous year -
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Industrialization
In a time of economical growth in the gilded age, America jumped into industrialization and got ahead of Britain. -
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Upton Sinclair
He was a Muckraker and were an investigate reporter in the Progressive Movement. He was an writer who has works that reflect socialist views. -
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Settlement House
A reformist social movement that sought to bring the rich and the poor of society together. -
The American Federation of Labor
A Labor Union.
It was led by Samuel Gompers, was a national federation of different craft unions of skilled workers. -
Haymarket Riot
In Haymarket Square in Chicago 1886, a bombing at police took place during a labor protest rally which turned into a riot. -
Interstate Commerce Act
this federal law prohibited unfair practices by railroads, such as haring higher rates for shorter routes. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
marked a significant change in the attitude of Congress toward the abuses of big business. -
The Social Gospel Movement
This movement was in the late nineteenth century and was spread headed by Protestant clergymen. It called for social reforms including the abolition of child labor and safer working conditions. -
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Initiative, Referendum, Recall
The purpose of these reforms was to end corruptions and to make state government more directly accountable to people. It sought to raise public participation in political process and give citizens a direct voice in state government. -
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Populism and Progressivism
The Populist Party (1891-1896) was a new national political party representing common men such as farmers, industrial works, and miners. Populist were convinced that the rich industrialist and bankers had a stranglehold on the government. The route of the Progressive Movement came from Populism and they both sought reform. The Progressive Movement flourished in 1900-1920 and they sought to reform the corrupt practices of government. -
Homestead Strike 1892
In Homestead, Pennsylvania, a violent strike occurred following a decision to cut wages by nearly 20%, and ended with the destruction of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel workers. Union workers had had a friendly relationship with Carnegie's company until Henry Frick became President and wanted to cut costs -
Pullman Strike 1894
A widespread railroad that disrupted the traffic in the Midwest of the US, it was a turning point for US labor law. -
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Klondike Gold Rush
Miners were attracted to the the Far West by the discoveries of precious metals. They migrated to the Klondike region of the Yukon in the north western Canada. -
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William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was the candidate for the Populist and Democrats in 1896 and 1900, he lost both elections. -
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Muckraker
Muckrakers were a group of investigative reporters, writers, and social scientists. They worked to expose the abuses of industrial society and expose corruption that existed in all levels of government. -
Industrial Workers of the World
A Labor Union that opposed the American Federation of Labor's acceptance of capitalism and its refusal to include unskilled workers in craft unions. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
It was supposed to protect the public from food and products that was said to be healthy without scientific proof. -
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Dollar Diplomacy
President Taft encouraged bankers to invest in the countries of the Caribbean region. Dollar Diplomacy was known as American investment to promote American foreign policy goals. It happened during the Spanish-American war. -
16th Amendment
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17th amendment
Senators were elected directly by the people instead of being chosen by state legislatures. -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act created to regulate the amount of money in circulation. -
18th Amendment
It banned the sale of alcoholic drinks.
Women wanted to end the sell of alcoholic drinks believing that it would protect families, women and children from the effects of alcohol effects. -
19th Amendments
During World 1, women stepped in the place of men's job while they were off to war. Then the 19th amendment came to be ratified in the constitution since women were seen as equals to men. This amendment established that no state could deny a citizen the right to vote based on their gender. -
Nativism
Opposition of immigration in the 1920s. People who were native to the US were thought to be superior. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
The Tea Pot Scandal, uncovered just after Harding's death in 1923, was one of the worst scandals in America. Warren Hardings proposed a "return to normalcy", but his administration was beset by corruption as revealed in this scandal.
