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Susan B. Anthony
An American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. -
Andrew Carnegie
A Scottish-American business magnate and philanthropist -
Alexander Graham Bell
Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. -
Jacob Riis
a Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. -
Samuel Gompers
An English-born American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor, and served as the organization's president. -
Eugene V. Debs
One of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World -
Clarence Darrow
American lawyer, a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform. -
Theodore Roosevelt
an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States -
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was an American orator and politician from Nebraska. -
Jane Addams
The "mother" of social work, was a pioneer American settlement activist/reformer, -
Ida B.Wells
African-American investigative journalist, educator, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. -
The Gilded Age
Late 19th century, from the 1870s to about 1900. The term for this period came into use in the 1920s and 1930s. -
Industrialization
The process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods. -
Upton Sinclair
an American writer who wrote nearly 100 books with many covering working conditions and industry -
Robber Barons
a derogatory metaphor of social criticism originally applied to certain late 19th-century American businessmen who were accused of using unscrupulous methods to get rich -
Political Machines
A political machine is a political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses -
Social Gospel
A movement led by a group of liberal Protestant progressives in response to the social problems raised by the rapid industrialization, urbanization, and increasing immigration of the Gilded Age. -
Tenement
A multi-occupancy building of any sort. However, in the United States, it has come to refer most specifically to a run-down apartment building or to a slum. -
Populism and Progressivism
Populism, initiated back in late 19th century was a movement that was led by the farmers for the economic change, whereas Progressivism, commenced in the beginning of 20th century was the movement of urban middle class against the political system -
Bessemer Steel Production
The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. -
Haymarket Riot
The aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday, May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago. -
Haymarket Riot
The aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration. It began as a peaceful rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour day and in reaction to the killing of several workers the previous day by the police. -
Interstate Commerce Act 1887
Was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
antitrust law passed by Congress under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison, which regulates competition among enterprises. -
Klondike Gold Rush
A migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
Three powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition, to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office. -
Muckraker
The term muckraker was used in the Progressive Era to characterize reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt. -
Nativism
Nativism is the political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants -
Labor Unions
an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests. -
Labor Strikes
A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The first of a series of significant consumer protection laws which was enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. -
Dollar Diplomacy
A form of American foreign policy to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. Wikipedia -
18th Amendment
effectively established the prohibition of intoxicating liquors in the United States by declaring the production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal. -
17th Amendments
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
Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System, and which created the authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes as legal tender. -
Settlement House
a reformist social movement that began in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s in England and the US. -
19th Amendements
Prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
A bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding
