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18th Amendment
Stated that the production, consumption, and the vending of alcohol is illegal. -
17th Amendment
Enacted that state senators will be elected by state legislators. -
16thAmendment
Allowed the government to collect income tax -
Industrialization Tenement
Building where people stayed to live. Often they were poor and immigrants labor workers who don't get paid much. -
Susan B Anthony
Women’s Rights Activist. Founded the National Woman Suffrage Association with Elizabeth Cady Stanton. -
Nativism
The American Who believe they are natives although they were originally immigrants -
Robber Barrons
(Captains of Industry)-People who used ruthless ways to get rich. -
Alexander Grahm Bell
Invented the telephone and he founded the American telephone telegraph company. -
Jacob Riis
Social reformer and a muckraker. Took photographs in the night of tenement houses and the people inside of them. Known for "How the other half lived." -
Samuel Gompers
An American Labor union leader and was pushing for solid wages for workers -
Bessemer Steel Production
The first process of mass production in steel. Also inexpensive. -
Clarence Darrow
Was one of the first "Labor Lawyers" who defended Cibil rights union -
Williams Jennings Bryan
Campaigned for peace, prohibition, suffrage, and increasingly criticized the teaching of evolution -
Ida B Wells
A Civil Rights Activist. Led an anti-lynching crusade through journalism. -
The GIlded Age
The gilded era consisted of Corruption, rapid economic growth, and strikes/unions. -
Social Gospel
A religious movement enforced by ministers to help the working forces. -
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie was responsible for the expansion of the Steel industry. He used his great fortune to donate to educational and scientific purposes. -
Labor Strikes
Labour unions and workers worked together and petitioned their workplace by not working Great railroad strike, Homestead strike, Pullman strike, etc. -
Haymarket Riot
A strike-turned-riot when someone threw a bomb that killed eight people. this gained an eight hour work day. -
Labor Unions
Groups of people who advocated for better working conditions of labor workers. Most popular- Knights of labor, American Federation of Labor, and Industrial Workers of the world. -
Interstate Commerce Act
Prevented monopolization specifically for the railroad industry. They also said fares should be reasonable. -
Jane Addams
Addams was an advocate for poor women, immigrants, and peace. Addams found her first settlement house and wrote numerous books on the topic. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Act enforced by the federal Government of prevention of monopolization. -
Populism and Progressivism
People who seek to create social and Political Change -
Eugene V. Debs
Advocated for the organization of labour by industry. Became president in 1893 of the American Railway Union. Was the Socialist party candidate for president five times between 1900 and 1920 -
Klondike Gold Rush
A ton of people immigrated to yukon to prospect for gold -
Initiate, Referendum, Recall
The power of the people, granted citizens to opposed laws and create ideas for others. -
Theodore Roosevelt
During the Progressive Era, Roosevelt was an effective advocate for "Trust-busting" which was the breaking up of enormous monopolies that had controlled prices. He also supported fair trade and pro-labor laws. Roosevelt ended school segregation. -
Muckraker
These are reformers who deliver their messages hrough journalism -
Upton Sinclair
Author of the book The Jungle.The Jungle Exposed working conditions in the meat-packing industry. The Jungle aroused much public sentiment and led to federal legislation (Pure food and drug act and improvements in working conditions) -
Pure food and Drug Act
Federal Act that enforces that all adverts of foods or drugs should be labeled appropriately and are not tampered with. -
Dollar Diplomacy
When the US used its finances to demonstrate power like shipping across the earth -
Federal Reserve Act
Established the first national bank called the federal reserve system -
19th amendment
Gave women the right to vote -
Settlement House
Areas where the poor lived -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Albert Bacon Fall, a member of the US Cabinet, secretly leased federal oil reserves. Became the first cabinet member to be arrested. -
Political Machines
Political party that was lead by one person or small group of people. They gained the support of people and corps to maintain its power and standing.
