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Industrislization
the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale. -
Political Machine
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. -
Bessemer Steel production
first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron prior to the open hearth furnace -
The Gilded Age
time between the Civil War and World War I during which the U.S. population and economy grew quickly, there was a lot of political corruption and corporate financial misdealings and many wealthy people lived very fancy live -
Andrew Carnegie
He was the leader of the American steel industry from 1873 to 1901 and he disposed of his great fortune by endowing educational, cultural, scientific, and technological institutions. -
Muckraker
reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt -
Captains of Inustry
a business leader whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributed positively to the country in some way -
Samuel Gompers
He founded and served as the first president of the American Federation of Labor -
Alexander Graham Bell
was a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. He also founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company -
Haymarket Roit
a labor protest rally near Chicago's Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day -
Interstate Commerce Act 1887
made the railroads the first industry subject to Federal regulation -
Jane Addams
The first settlement house began in 1889 in Chicago and was called Hull House. Its organizer, Jane Addams, intended Hull House to serve as a prototype for other settlement houses. -
Ida B. Wells
an African-American investigative journalist, educator, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -
Sherman Antitrust Act
outlawed monopolistic business practices -
Tenement
low-rise apartment buildings that often were overcrowded and had inadequate plumbing and ventilation -
Eugene V. Debs
American democratic socialist political activist and 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 -
Labor Strike
widespread railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic -
William Jennings Bryan
He starred at the Democratic convention with his Cross of Gold speech that favored free silver, but was defeated in his bid to become U.S. president by William McKinley -
Klondike Gold Rush
a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada -
Susan B Anthony
an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement -
Populism and Progressivism
based on the people's dissatisfaction with government and its inability to deal effectively in addressing the problems of the day. -
Jacob Riis
shocked middle-class Americans in 1890 with How the Other Half Lives which described the dark and dirty slums of New York -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
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 recall effort must apply for an official petition serial number from the Town Clerk -
Theodore Rossevelt
He was the 26th U.S. president and launched a collection of progressive domestic policies known as the Square Deal -
Upton Sinclair
author, wrote a book called "The Jungle" about the Union Stock Yards -
Pure Food and Drug Act
remove harmful and misrepresented foods and drugs from the market and regulate the manufacture and sale of drugs and food involved in interstate trade -
Nativism
the preference for established US residents -
Federal Reserve Act
establish economic stability in the United States by introducing the Central Bank to oversee monetary policy -
17th Amendment
providing for the election of two U.S. senators from each state by popular vote and for a term of six years -
Dollar Dipomacy
the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence -
Muckraker
successfully exposed America's problems brought on by rapid industrialization and growth of cities -
Settlement Houe
designed to address the problems of growing cities -
Social Gospel
A religious movement that arose in the United States in the late nineteenth century with the goal of making the Christian churches more responsive to social problems, such as poverty and prostitution -
19th Amendment
gave women the right to vote -
Tea Pot Dome Scandel
a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding -
Clarence Darrow
an American lawyer, a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform -
Labor Unions
an organization of employees that represents employees in dealings with employers on such matters as grievances, wages, benefits, overtime, work hours, and other conditions of employment -
Robber Baron
a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices -
16th Amendment
allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census -
18th Amendment
established the prohibition of intoxicating liquors in the United States by declaring the production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal
