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industrialization
The large-scale introduction of manufacturing, advanced technical enterprises, and other productive economic activity into an area, society, country. -
Andrew Carnegie
He was a United States industrialist and philanthropist who created education and public libraries and research trusts. He was known as the Prince of Steel. -
Alexander Grahm bell
Invented the first telephone. A teacher of the deaf. He was significant because his invention sparked the creation of a gigantic communication network across the United States. Made women go from the kitchens to the work place as "number please women."
1880. Muckracker, Journalist who exposed corruption and other problems of the late 1800s and early 1900s -
Samuel Gompers
is responsible for the formation of one of the first labor unions. The American Federation of Labor worked on getting people better hours and better wages. The formation of this triggered the formation of various others that would come later. -
interstate commerce act
federals law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry -
settlement houses
a center in an underprivileged area that provides community services, workers were to live in areas they helped -
political machine
well organized group that controls election results by awarding jobs and other favors in exchange for votes -
tenement
poorly built, overcrowded housing where many immigrants lived -
Muckraker
This term was used in the Progressive Era to characterize reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt. -
sherman anti trust
was the first federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. -
Susan B. Anthony
She was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Her work helped pave the way for the Nineteenth Amendment (1920) to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote. -
Ida B. Wells
She was an African-American journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890's -
william jennings bryan
The Democrat and candidate of the Populist party of the election of 1896 that wanted free silver (he was a silverite). -
initiative
Procedure whereby a certain number of voters may, by petition, propose a law or constitutional amendment and have it submitted to the voters. -
social gospel
a movement emphasizing the application of Christian principles to social problems. -
Nativism
the political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against immigrants. But this is currently more commonly described as an immigration restriction position. -
refunderum
a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate -
recall
Procedure for submitting to popular vote the removal of officials from office before the end of their term. -
Theodore roosevelt
He was the 26th president of the United States and a writer, naturalist, and soldier. He also expanded the powers of presidency and the federal government. -
Upton Sinclair
He was a prolific American novelist and polemicist for socialism, health, temperance, free speech, and worker rights, among other causes. -
dollar diplomacy
Term used to describe the efforts of the US to further its foreign policy through use of economic power by guaranteeing loans to foreign countries. -
jacob riis
Early 1900's muckraker who exposed social and political evils in the U.S. with his novel "How The Other Half Lives"; exposed the poor conditions of the poor tenements in NYC -
Clarence Darrow
He was an American lawyer a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform. -
17th amendment
Passed in 1913, this amendment to the Constitution calls for the direct election of senators by the voters instead of their election by state legislatures. -
federal reserve act
The country's central banking system, which is responsible for the nation's monetary policy by regulating the supply of money and interest rates -
William Jennings Bryan
He was an American orator and politician from Nebraska. He emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, standing three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States. -
16th amendments
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. -
18th amendment
it was the banning of liquor in the united states. It also was he prohibition of intoxicating liquors in the United States by declaring the production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal. -
clarence darrow
famed criminal lawyer; worked in "Monkey Trial"; made William Jennings Bryan appear foolish -
19th amendment
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections. -
Jane Addams
She won worldwide recognition in the earlier twentieth century as a pioneer social worker in America, as a feminist, and as an internationalist. -
Eugene V. debbs
He was a labour organizer and Socialist Party candidate for U.S. president five times. His first job was at the age of 14 at a railroad shop.
