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Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was one of the founders of the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA). This association was about women's right to vote -
Monroe Doctrine
Any Intervention by external power in the politics of america is a hostile act against the US -
Indian Removal
While Indian removal was, supposed to be voluntary, in practice great pressure was put on American Indian leaders to sign removal treaties. Most observers, whether they were in favor of the Indian removal policy or not, realized that the passage of the act meant the inevitable removal of most Indians from the states. -
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Nativism
A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones. During the 1800's many Americans favored their own kin far more than that of the Irish and other European immigrants arriving in the east and the Chinese and other Asian immigrants in the west. -
Manifest destiny
belief that the expansion of the US was inevitable -
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow was an american lawyer and was an important advocate for Georgist economic reform -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was a president of the US. Theodore Roosevelt had many quotes and he was an entrepreneur -
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-American industrialist. Andrew Carnegie led a enormous expansion of the american steel industry. -
Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells was an African-American Journalist, Newspaper editor and was part of the civil rights movement. -
Homestead Act
This Act was really important in the westward expansion because it have 160 acres of land to claimants and it allowed almost all the man and the women a "fair chance" -
Eugene V. Debs
Eugene V. Debs became a fireman on the railroad, at night he went to local business college. -
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair was an american writer, who wrote 100 books in several genres. -
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
was the first law restricting immigration, the USA banned the Chinese from coming to the US -
Haymarket Riot
Aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration at Haymarket Square in Chicago -
Dawes act
This act was to give land to the native american indians and treat them as individuals rather than they are from a tribe. -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams created a settlement house called the hull house, this hull house was founded by Jane Addams and her friend Ellen gates so they could help the immigrants. -
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was an orator and a politician from Nebraska. -
populism
The belief in the power of the people can control their government rather than the government control them. -
Klondlike Gold Rush
Was a great migration 100,000 people that moved to the klondlike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada -
Iniatiative & Referendum
to enable the voters to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office -
Bessemer Process
was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. The key principle is removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation with air being blown through the molten iron. -
Yellow Journalism
Type of journalism that represent little well-searched news and uses eye-catching titles to sell more newspapers -
Robber Barons
This is a person who has helped the country economically. By contributing, they have made more jobs, increased products, or expansion of markets. -
Urbanization
Urbanization is a rapid expansion of business and many people went from rural to urban life -
Political Machines
When a small group of people or an authoritative boss supports corps of businesses -
Industrialization
is the process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods. Individual manual labor is often replaced by mechanized mass production, and craftsmen are replaced by assembly lines. -
Recall
The recall was a system that allowed voters to remove unreliable elected officials from office. Especially those who were known to except bribes from bosses or lobbyists. The recall was a goal of progressive reformers. -
The Gilded age
The Gilded age was an era of corruption and conspicuous consumption, and unfettered capitalism. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Prevention of selling adulterated or misbranded or poisonous food, drugs, medicine. -
Muckraker
one who inquires into and publishes scandal and allegations of corruption among political and business leaders -
Social Gospel
Arose during the second half of the nineteenth century. Ministers of the Protestant branch of Catholicism began to bring salvation and good workings together. In order to honor god it was believed that people should put aside there selfish needs to help the less fortunate. -
16th amendment
The congress has the power to lay collect taxes on incomes. -
Dollar diplomacy
The use of a country's financial power to expand its international influence -
Federal Reserve Act
Act was created an economic stability in the US through the Central Bank. -
18th amendment
This amendment made the production, transport, and sale of alcohol illegal -
Progressivism
is the term applied to a variety of responses to the economic and social problems rapid industrialization introduced to America. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
Teapot Dome Scandal has to do with government corruption because United States Navy oil was leased to a private oil company. -
Immigration and The american dream
The american dream was the belief that if you to the USA you have more opportunities of having an amazing job and a good house -
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. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. -
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. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.