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suban b anthony
A reformer of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, known especially for her advocacy of women's suffrage. -
manifest destiny
the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable -
Clarence darrow
American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. He was among the first attorneys to be called a labor lawyer. -
william jennings bryan
American orator and politician from Nebraska, and a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's nominee for President of the United States -
Jane Addams
In Cedarville,lllions, Jane Addams co-founded one of the first settlements in the United states, the hull house in Chicago, llionis in 1889, and was names a co-winner of the 1931 Noble peace prize -
homestead act
Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land -
ida b wells
African American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist Georgist, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement -
populism & progressivism
The populist movement started during the 1880's. Farmers or those associated with agriculture believed industrialists and bankers controlled the government and making the policy against the farmers -
The Chinese Exclusion act of 1882
The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882 -
Haymarket riot
aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago -
dawes act
General Allotment Act or the Dawes Severalty 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 -
eugene v. debbs
A political leader of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Debs was five times the presidential candidate of the Socialist party. -
yellow journalism
journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration. -
upton sinclair
American novelist, essayist, playwright, and short-story writer, whose works reflect socialistic views -
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 -
dollar diplomancy
the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence. -
Federal Reserve Act
an act of congress that created and established the federal reserve system. -
theodore roosavelt
26th president of the United States hero of the Spanish-American War panama Canal was built during his administration Theodore Roosevelt said Speak softly but carry a big stick -
18th amendments
effectively established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol -
Andrew Carnegie
was a Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the american steel industry in the late 19th century. He is often identified as one of the richest people and one of the richest americans ever. -
tea pot dome scandel
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. -
immigration & the american dream
in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and an upward social mobility for the family and children, achieved through hard work in a society with few -
klondike gold rush
frenzy of gold rush immigration to and gold prospecting in the Klondike near Dawson City in the Yukon Territory, Canada, after gold was discovered in the late 19th century. -
the gilded age
in United States history is the late 19th century, from the 1870s to about 1900 -
political machines
political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses -
urbanization
process where an increasing percentage of a population lives in cities and suburbs -
pure food & drug act
For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. -
Social Gospel
Christian faith practiced as a call nat just to personal conversation but social reform