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Political Machines
Political Machine is a political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses who receive rewards for their efforts. Machines would grant jobs and government building contracts to those that did them favors. -
Urbanization
Urbanization means the process of making a place more urban. People were from the city and weren't ready to move to the west where they would have to farm and own animals. Once they got to the west they had to make it as urban as they could with the supplies they had. -
Third Parties Politics
Third parties are any party other than the two major ones (Republican and Democratic). Third parties had lots of roles in US politics. They can introduce new ideas, spoil the election, and keep the major parties honest. One of the first party's to hold a convention to nominate candidates was the Anti-Masonic Party in 1828. -
Populism And Progressivism
Progressivism is academic in nature and seems to be more upper-class and it was supported by the elite and rich individuals. Populism is a down-up movement, which suggests more involvement of the masses with regard to the procurement of ideas and also with important decision-making. -
Indian Removal
This was basically the government kicking the indians of their lands. Some indians agreed but most stayed back and fight, lots of bloody fights happened because of this. President Andrew Jackson was the one who signed it. -
Manifest Destiny
This was a belief people had saying it was God's destiny for people to travel to the west to settle. This made the expansion of the west in 1845. John O Sullivan was the first to say this phrase. -
Susan B. Anthony
She played a big role in the women's right movement. She fought for women right to vote and tried to get a law passed that allowed them to do so, but it wasn't until she died that the US passed the 19th amendment. In 1856 Anthony became an agent for a anti-slavery doing everything she could do to help end slavery. -
Homestead Act
President Abraham Lincoln signed this law on May, 20, 1862. This gave people land out in the West for a small fee, if they were able to live there for 5 years. They needed to make their land able to live on and to farm on. If they were able to do so they got to keep the land forever. -
Industrialization
The US saw a huge industrial growth in the late 1800's and continuously grew even through the Civil War. The industrial growth had big effects on the US. Many cities saw rapid growth in population and they grew by leaps and bounds. -
The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age was called that by Mark Twain in the late 19th century, by that he meant that the period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath. Many view this era as modern America's formative period, when an agrarian society of small producers were transformed into an urban society dominated by industrial corporations. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was the leader of the American steel industry from 1873 to 1901. He donated large sums of his fortune to educational, cultural, and scientific institutions. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and is often identified as one of the richest people ever. -
Civil Service Reform
This was an act made in 1883 that created a system for selecting government positions. This was a civil service system test that gave people a chance to be in the government. -
Haymarket Riot
This happened in Chicago when their was a bombing that caused labor demonstration. 7 people died and over 60 people were badly injured. Demands for an eight-hour working day became increasingly widespread among American laborers. -
Dawes Act
This was an attempt to assimilate Native Indians into Americans. The Dawes act was basically the president saying you can stay on this land if you become american. The government allowed for indians to keep the land if it was bad land. -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams, known as the "mother" of social work, was a pioneer American settlement activist/reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. Jane Addams co-founded one of the first settlements in the United States, the Hull House in Chicago, Illinois, in 1889, and was named a co-winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize. -
Klondike Gold Rush
A rush of thousands of people in the 1890s toward the Klondike gold mining district in northwestern Canada after gold was discovered there. This was one of the biggest gold rush in history. Over 100,000 people came from around the world to this gold rush. -
Eugene V. Debbs
Socialist, presidential candidate, war opponent. Debs became active in the labor movement in the 1870s and created the American Railway Union in 1893. -
Ida B. Wells
In 1896 Wells created National Association of Colored Women (NACW). She was a journalist and was anti-lynching. She created the first African American Kindergarten in her community. -
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan is famous for his " The cross of gold" speech, which he gave while running for president in . Bryan was beat out of being president by William McKinley. He was a politician form Nebraska. -
Initiative and Referendum
Initiative and referendum are two powers to enable the voters, by petition, to repeal a legislation or to remove an elected official from office. The first state to adopt the initiative was South Dakota in 1898. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, and naturalist, who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. His face is depicted on Mount Rushmore, alongside those of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln. Roosevelt attended Harvard. -
Nativism
A policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants. President Theodore Roosevelt's term, the rise of nativism occurred. The rise of nativism was due to people disliking immigrants and feared the growing levels of immigration. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
This act occurred in 1906, it was meant to prevent the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors. It was signed by President Theodore Roosevelt and was a key piece of Progressive Era legislation. This removed harmful foods from stores and other places. -
Muckraker
This is a person who points out, unpleasnt truths, exposed businesses, governments or wrong doing and injustices. Theodore Roosevelt was the first to use this term in his speech in April 14. These people were usually journalist, photographers, and speakers. -
Immigration and the American Dream
It was an idea that promises success to all who reside and work hard in the land of the free and home of the brave. Being an immigrant in America was very hard because the white americans were superior and believe they were the best race. Either be a white american or pay the price. -
Dollar Diplomacy
It was most popular through President William Howard Taft's Term. It 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. -
16th amendment
This amendment gave the right to collect taxes from Americans. This amendment was passed July 2, 1909. This gave the government money to build roads, create armies, and make bridges. -
17th amendment
This amendment requires direct election of senators. This strengthened the bond between citizens and the government. The law made citizens allowed to choose who they wanted their senator to be. -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act intended to establish a form of economic stability in the United States through the introduction of the Central Bank. It was created by the Congress to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system. -
18th Amendment
This unpopular amendment banned the sale and drinking of alcohol in the United States. It is the only amendment to be repealed from the constitution. It was repealed in 1933. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment states that every citizen shall have the right to vote and will not denied because of gender. This amendment helped women suffrage and gave women the right to vote. -
Suffrage
Suffrage is the right to vote in political elections. Mostly women was facing lack of suffrage due to their gender. Women fought for around 100 years to finally gain the right to vote, which occurred in 1920 on election day. The 19th amendment gave that right to women. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome Scandal was a bribery incident that took place from 1921-1922 during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. The scandal involved ornery oil tycoons, poker playing politicians, illegal liquor sales, a murder suicide, a womanizing president and a bagful of bribery cash delivered on the sly. -
Clarence Darrow
He known for saving tons of people from capital punishment. He was a big criminal lawyer. Darrow is most famous for his case with Leopold and Loeb when they kidnapped and murdered a 14 year old boy in May 1924. -
Upton SInclair
Sinclair wrote the book called "The Jungle". He is most famous for winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943. He wrote over 100 books throughout his lifetime.
