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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 -
Jacob Riis
American newspaper reporter, social reformer, and photographer who, with his book How the Other Half Lives (1890), shocked the conscience of his readers with factual descriptions of slum conditions -
Bessemer steel production
inventor and engineer who developed the first process for manufacturing steel inexpensively (1856), leading to the development of the Bessemer converter. -
Samuel Gompers
American labor leader, b. London. He emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1863. He worked as a cigar maker and in 1864 joined the local union, serving as its president from 1874 to 1881 -
Susan b. Anthony
an American writer, lecturer and abolitionist who was a leading figure in the women's voting rights movement. -
industrialization
The industrial growth that began in the United States in the early 1800's continued steadily up to and through the American Civil War. -
Alexander graham bell
Scottish-born American inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf whose foremost accomplishments were the invention of the telephone (1876) and the refinement of the phonograph -
The gilded act
With respect to eras of American history, historical views vary as to when the Gilded Age began, ranging from starting right after the American Civil War -
Labor unions
organized labor unions fought for better wages, reasonable hours and safer working conditions. The labor movement led efforts to stop child labor, give health benefits and provide aid to workers who were injured or retired -
Labor Strikes
The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions was formed in 1881, and the American Federation of Labor (AFL) was founded five years later. Congress became more sympathetic toward the labor force as time passed, which led to the creation of the Department of Labor. -
Settlement house
Settlement houses were safe residences in poverty-stricken, mostly immigrant neighborhoods in major cities such as New York, Boston, and Chicago -
Haymarket Riot
rally at Haymarket Square was organized by labor radicals to protest the killing and wounding of several workers by the Chicago police during a strike the day before at the McCormick Reaper Works. -
Interstate commerce act 1887
The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. -
Andrew Carnegie
was a Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and is often identified as one of the richest people. -
Ida B. Wells
an African-American journalist, abolitionist and feminist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. -
Robber Barons
is a derogatory term used for some powerful nineteenth-century American businessmen. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. -
populism and progressivism
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, -
Eugene v. debbs
Successful strike for higher wages against the Great Northern Railway in 1894. He gained greater renown when he went to jail for his role in leading the Chicago Pullman Palace Car Company strike. -
Clarence Darrow
Defended Eugene V. Debs, arrested on a federal charge arising from the Pullman Strike. He also secured the acquittal of labor leader William D. Haywood -
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was an American orator and politician from Nebraska. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, standing three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States. -
Klondike gold rush
Skookum Jim Mason, Dawson Charlie and George Washington Carmack found gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory, they had no idea they they would set off one of the greatest gold rushes in history. -
Nativism
Nativists believed they were the true “Native” Americans, despite their being descended from immigrants themselves. -
Tenement
a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city. any species of permanent property, as lands, houses, rents, an office, or a franchise -
Theodore roosevelt
unexpectedly became the 26th president of the United States in September 1901, after the assassination of William McKinley. Young and physically robust, also the young rising republican -
Upton Sinclair
involvement with socialism led to a writing assignment about the plight of workers in the meatpacking industry, eventually resulting in the best-selling novel The Jungle -
Muckraker
The term muckraker was used in the Progressive Era to characterize reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt. -
Pure food and drug act
was a red-letter day for those who sought progressive reform and consumer protection in the United States -
Jane Adams
The "mother" of social work, was a pioneer American settlement activist/reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, public administrator, protestor, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace.and the women known for settlement house -
federal reserver act
Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System (the central banking system of the United States), and which created the authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes (commonly known as the US -
17th amendment
the 17th amendment modified Article I, section 3, of the Constitution by allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. Senators. -
Dollar Diplomacy
particularly during President William Howard Taft's term— was 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. -
18th amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution effectively established the prohibition of intoxicating liquors in the United States by declaring the production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal. -
Initiate, referendum, recall
Initiative, referendum, and recall are three powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition, to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office. -
19th admenment
on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. -
Tea pot dome scandal
The "Teapot Dome Scandal" was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921–1923. -
Clarence Darrow
he stunned the prosecution when he had his client plead guilty in order to avoid a vengeance minded jury who defend john scopes -
Social Gospel
Movement was a religious movement that arose during the second half of the nineteenth century. Ministers, especially ones belonging to the Protestant branch of Christianity -
16th amendent
The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census.
