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Nativism
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. it has been going on since this year -
Manifest Destiny
in the 19th century manidest destiny was the widely held belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. -
Susan B. Anthony
was a very insperatinal womens right speaker because she would travel across the country lecturing about the topic of womens rights, -
Indian Removal
moves Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the river -
Andrew Carnegie
Camegie was born. Carnegie arranged a merger between Woodruff's company and that of George Pullman, the inventor of a sleeping car for first class travel which facilitated business travel at distances over 500 miles (800 km). -
Eugene V. Debs
Eugene V. Debs was an American union leader, 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. -
Clarence Darrow
an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. He was best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks -
Teddy Roosevelt
Was born. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was an American politician, author, naturalist, soldier, explorer, and historian who served as the 26th President of the United States. -
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was a leading American politician from the 1890s until his death. He was a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's candidate for President of the United States. -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams was a pioneer American settlement social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. -
Homestead Act
Anyone who had never taken up arms against the U.S. government (including freed slaves and women), was 21 years or older, or the head of a family, could file an application to claim a federal land grant. -
Ida B. wells
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, and an early leader in the civil rights movement. -
The Gilded Age
In this year, started the Gilded Age, which was: an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. -
Upton Sinclair
Writer of "The Jungle", Sinclair was a very popular book writer in the 20th century -
Urbanization & Industrialization
urbanization and industrialization have been going on for ages before this, but a spike on this date. -
Haymarket Riot
The Haymarket affair was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration at Haymarket Square in Chicago. -
The Dawes Act
The Dawes Act of 1887 adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. -
populism
The society, in the later part of the 19th century, was divided into the haves and have-nots of the society. Those with farming background were of the view that the government was favoring the banks and the industrialists and was, in fact, plotting to destroy agriculture altogether. The rural people working in the farm sector were a disgruntled lot as they felt they were getting the wrong end of the stick. -
Klondike Gold Rush
a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada -
progressivism
The unfair election system, exploitation of workers, women and children, corruption in the business class and the legal system that gave concessions to rich people were the common enemies of the progressivism. -
Muckraker
muckrakers often worked to expose social ills and corporate and political corruption.muckracking have been going on as early as 1900 -
Suffrage
suffrage really doesnt have a time frame, sufferage have been going on since day one of the world -
Third Parties Politics
used in the United States for any and all political parties in the United States other than one of the two major parties (Republican Party and Democratic Party). once again 3rd parties have been used since day one -
Pure Food and Drug Act
baned foreign and interstate traffic in adulterated or mislabeled food and drug products, and it directed the U.S. Bureau of Chemistry to inspect products and refer offenders to prosecutors. -
Dollar Diplomacy
in this year Dollar Dipomacy occured. Dollar Diplomacy is the effort of the United States to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. Hi -
the 16th amendment
Government has rights to take taxes on income -
17th amendment
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. -
Federal Reserve Act
an Act of Congress that created and set up the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes and Federal Reserve Bank Notes as legal tender. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1920 to 1923, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. -
18th amendment
Alcoholic beverages were made legal -
19th amendment
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. -
Political Machines
A political machine is a party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives money, political jobs and that is characterized by a high degree of leadership control over member activity. -
Social Gospel
a Protestant Christian intellectual movement that was most prominent in the early 20th century United States and Canada. -
The american Dream/Imagration
immagration and the amercian dream have been going on for ages before this, but in the 70s had a unusual spike in imigration. -
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
reformed the civil service of the United States federal government, partly in response to the Watergate scandal. -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
a process that allows citizens of many U.S. states[1] to place new legislation on a popular ballot, or to place legislation that has recently been passed by a legislature on a ballot and vote on it
