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Indian Removal
Native americans were forced to move off their home land and to lands West of the Mississippi river. -
Industrialization
When technological and economic progress continued with the increasing adoption of steam transport. -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny was the belief that God wanted the white Americans to settle the entire continent from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean. Americans thought it was their duty to spread their culture and their ways of living. -
Nativism
"The policy of protecting the interests of Native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants." -
Homestead Act
President Lincoln signed it in 1862. Any citizen could occupy 160 acres of government land. If the settler improved the land by growing crops and making a house, the homesteader would own the property. -
Urbanization
The movement of people from countryside to towns and cities. Urbanization is basically just an overpopulated area. In 1865, only two US cities had a population more than 500,000. -
The Gilded Age
Entrepreneurs were able to reap very large profits for themselves, creating them to be pretty wealthy. The Gilded Age was created because of their lavish lifestyles and lasted until 1900. -
Political Machines
A political organization in which a "boss" or small group commands with the support of a corps of supporters and businesses. -
Susan B. Anthony
Anthony attempted to vote on the grounds that she was a citizen and had the right to, but the judge refused to allow her to. She was a leader in the National American Woman Suffrage Association. -
Ida B. Wells
Wells was one of the main tactics used to terrorize African Americans. She organized a national lynching crusade. She found out through research that more than 728 African Americans died by lynching. -
Eugene V. Debbs
Debbs entered politics as a Democratic City Clerk in 1879. He was elected to the Indiana State Assembly with broad support from Terre Haute's workers and businessmen. He was sentenced 10 years in prison for his oppositions to the United States' involvement in World War II. -
Populism and Progressivism
Farmers united to protect their interests after believing that bankers and industrialists controlled the government and making the policy against farmers.
Populism- a belief in power of regular people
Progressivism- term applied to a variety of responses to the economic and social problems rapid industrialization introduced to America -
Civil Service Reform
"The winner takes the spoils." Every time a new party took control of the White House, thousands of workers would be fired and replaced. -
Haymarket Riot
The aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration at Haymarket Square in Chicago. -
Dawes Act
Sought to hasten their Americanization. This act abolished Native American tribes. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt became US Civil Service Commissioner in 1889. He took steps towards free government. Believed that the President was the one official who represented all Americans, and that the President should therefore exercise vigorous leadership in their interest. -
Immigration and the American Dream
The American Dream to Immigrants meant a lot of different things. It usually meant wealth, security, freedom, or even family. Immigrants would go to the US in search of these things. -
Third Parties Politics
Third Parties provide an outlet for minorities to voice grievances and generate new ideas. -
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie is one of the most wealthiest people that have lived, right up there with Rockefeller. He sold Steel and earned a lot of money from it. He invested in ironworks and bought steel mills, ore fields, and coal mines. -
Klondike Gold Rush
A migration of about 100,000 people to Canada. Also known as the Alaska Gold Rush. They were all searching for wealth. -
Initiative & Referendum
A process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statues and, in some states, constitutional amendments on the ballots. -
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the novel "The Jungle" in order to expose the meat packing industry to show how little laws they have against the sanitization causing customers to get very ill. -
Pure food and Drug Act
Preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors. -
Muckraker
Used in the progressive era to characterize reform-minded American Journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt. -
16th Amendments
The 16th Amendments states "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 Amendments
The 17th Amendments states "Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures." -
Dollar Diplomacy
A use of American investment to promote American foreign policy goals. President Taft encouraged bankers to invest in their countries of the Caribbean region. -
Suffrage
The right to vote in political elections, such as the women's right movement. -
Federal Reserve Act
This Act reformed the banking industry. Allowed the Federal Reserve to regulate the money by controlling the amount of money that banks can lend. -
18th Amendments
This amendment is the only amendment that was repealed by the constitution. It banned the sale and drinking of alcohol. It was a very big failure. -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams was the Leader in the settlement house movement during the Progressive movement. She volunteered at the settlement houses and acted for child care, nursing services, and english lessons to immigrants. -
19th Amendment
This Amendment gave rights to women so they can vote freely. Pretty self explanatory. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
The Tea Pot Dome Scandal was one of the worst scandals in all of US History. It was uncovered right after President Hardings death. This entire scandal was just one giant bribery incident that got out of hand. -
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan represented the state as special prosecutor. Darrow cross examined Bryan as an expert on the Bible. -
Clarence Darrow
Darrow was a famed attorney who defended scopes. Him and William Jennings Bryan were considered to be the greatest orators of their day, and the Scopes trial became first in American history to be broadcast over national radio.
