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Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow was an American lawyer, a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union through April 18, 1857 - March 13, 1938), and a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform. -
The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age in the United States history is the late 19th century, from the 1870s to about 1900. -
Industrialization
Industrialization is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society, involving the extensive re-organization of an economy for the purpose of manufacturing. -
Tenement
Tenements are multi-occupancy building of any sort. It is a room or set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house of block of apartments. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was an American industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry then became a major philanthropist. He was one of the first "captains of industry," and leader of the American steel industry from 1873 to 1901. -
Labor Strikes
Labor strikes, also known as a strike action, is a work stoppage, caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. -
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair wrote a book called, The Jungle, to expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry. -
Settlement House
The settlement was an institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community -
Labor Union
A labor union, or also known as a trade union, is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals, such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, etc. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator, who also founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. -
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. -
Haymarket Riot
The Haymarket affair was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration, in Haymarket Square in Chicago. It began as a peaceful rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour day and in reaction to the killing of several workers the previous day by the police. -
Interstate Commerce Act 1887
The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams co-founded one of the first settlements in the United States. She co-founded the Hull House in Chicago, Illinois, in 1889, and was named a co-winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize. -
Political Machines
A political machine is 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. -
Jacob Riis
Jacob Riis was a Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. He shocked the conscience of his readers with the factual descriptions of slum conditions with his book How the Other Half Lives. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
The Sherman Anti-trust Act was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. It was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts. -
Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells was an African-American journalist, abolitionist and feminist. She is known for an advocate for equal rights, fighting against segregation, unfair practices of the law, lynching and other social injustices. -
Eugene V. Debs
Eugene V. Debs was a socialist, presidential candidate, and war opponent. Debs became active in the labor movement that took place in the 1870s and created the American Railway Union, an industrial union, in 1893. -
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was an American orator and a politician. Bryan emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party in the beginning of 1896. -
Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Consequent to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898, Roosevelt became colonel of the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, or the "Rough Riders." -
Bessemer Steel Production
The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open heart furnace. -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
Initiative, referendum, and recall are three powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition, to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office. Proponents of an initiative, referendum, or call effort must apply for an official petition serial number from the Town Clerk. -
Social Gospel
The Social Gospel was a movement in North American Protestantism that applied Christian ethics to social problems, especially issues of social justice such as economic inequality, poverty, alcoholism, crime, racial tensions, etc. -
Populism & Progressivism
Populism initiated back in the late 19th century was a movement that was led by the farmers for the economic change. Progressivism commenced in the beginning of the 20th century was the movement of urban middle class against the political system, which they believe was corrupt and the electable were chosen through unfair elections. -
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony helped merged the two largest suffrage associations into one, the National American Women's Suffrage Association, and led the group until 1900. -
Robber Barons (Captains of Industry)
Robber Barons is a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices (originally with reference to prominent US businessmen in the late 19th century.) -
Muckraker
Muckraker in the Progressive Era was used to characterize reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws which was enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Dollar diplomacy is the use of country's financial power to extend its international influence. -
16th Amendment
The 16th Amendment was that, "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration." -
17th Amendment
The 17th Amendment is "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. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures. -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act is an Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System, and which created the authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes as legal tender. -
18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment did not prohibit the consumption of alcohol, but rather simply the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment is "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." -
Nativism
Nativism is the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
The Tea Pot Dome Scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921-1923.
