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William Jennings Bryan
He was an American orator and a politician and he emerged as a dominant force in the democratic party. -
Susan B Anthony
Women's right activist and founded the National Women's Suffrage Association -
Andrew Carnegie
He was an industrialist he was one of the richest people in America. He became a philanthropist. He gave a lot of money to charities -
Alexander Graham Bell
He was a scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator and founded the American telephone and telegraph -
Jacob Riis
He was a danish american social reformer and journalist and social documentary photographer. He shocked the conscience of readers with factual descriptions with his book How the Other Half Lives -
Eugene V. Debbs
he was a socialist, political, activist, trade colonist and a labor organizer and socialist party candidate for US president -
Theodore Roosevelt
the 26th president of the United States. he was also a writer and statesman. he was the 25th vice president -
Jane Addams
she is known as the mother as social work and she was also a leader in women's suffrage -
Ida B Wells
She ws a leader in the civil rights movement and co founder of National Association for the Advancement of colored people -
Clarence Darrow
He was an american lawyer, a leading member of the american civil liberties union through april 18, 1857- march 13, 1938. he was a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform -
The Gilded Age
It was the period of reconstruction and it was a period of transformation in America -
Industrialization
It was the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society -
tenement
They were multi occupancy buildings of any sort. Its a room divided into rooms and of a house. they were very crowded because of so many people living there -
Upton Sinclair
American writer who almost wrote 100 books. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943 -
Settlement House
It was an institution in an inner city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community -
Labor Unions
Aka the trade union was an organization of workers who came together to achieve many goals like protecting the integrity of it's trade, improving safety standards and attaining better wages -
Haymarket Riot
the aftermath of a bombing that took place at the labor demonstration in chicago. Many workers died by the police on an 8hour day -
Samuel Gompers
He was a union leader and he founded the american federation of labor and was the president of that organization for 8 years -
Interstate Commerce Act
A US federal law that regulated the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices -
Political Machines
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 -
Sherman Anti Trust Act
The first federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices and it was the first measure passed by US congress to prohibit trusts -
Klondike Gold Rush
It was a migration by prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north western Canada -
Bessemer steel production
it was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open heart furnace -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
There 3 powers enabled people to vote to move someone in office after being elected. They need to do this in order to apply for a petition -
Robber Barons (captain of industry)
A person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices -
Populism and Progressivism
It initiated back in the late 19th century that was led by farmers for economic change. Progressivism started in the 20th century of urban middle class against the political system which was corrupt and the electable were chosen unfairly -
Social Gospel
A movement in North America that applied Christian ethics to social problems especially issues of social justice -
Muckracker
They were used to characterize reform minded american journalists who attacked establishes institutions and leaders as corrupt -
Pure Food and Drug Act
It was the first of a series of significant costumer protection laws which was enacted by congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the FDA -
Dollar Diplomacy
This ensure financial stability of a region. They did this by sometimes loaning money to countries or other regions -
16th amendment
"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" -
Federal Reserve Act
It's an Act of congress that created an established the federal reserve system and which created the authority to issue federal reserve notes -
17th amendment
It's the "senate of the united states shall be composed of two senators from each state elected by the people". This means that the people get to vote for their senator -
18th amendment
the 18th amendment did not prohibit the consumption of alcohol, but rather simply the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcoholic beverages -
Nativism
The policy of projecting the interests of native born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants -
19th amendment
It is "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or bridged by the US or by any state on account of sex"
this means that everyone should get the right to vote no matter their gender for women. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
It was a scandal involving the administration of the US President Warren G Harding fro 1921- 1923
