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Immigration and the American dream
The american dream was to become richer and have a better life so they wanted that by going to the west maybe finding gold and and example would be able to have there own choosing of religion -
Indian Removal
The president passed the treaty in order to relocate the Indian tribes living east of the mississippi river to lands in the west they also had them on reservations and wanted to get rid of them so they could use the land for resources -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny was a belief that God or Providence that willed that the United States should populate the North American continent from the East to the west for a better living -
Eugene V Debbs
he spoke about labor issues hindrance to working people’s efforts to make sure they had fair wages and working conditions -
Susan B Anthony
Women's activist who played a important role in the women's suffrage movement. committed to social equality she collected anti-slavery petitions In 1856 she became agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. -
Homestead Act
encouraged people by giving them 160 acres of land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small fee and was required to to live there for five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land. -
Industrialization
people started using tools creating more job oppourties in factories trying to develop more technology wanted to grow faster in making houses machinery -
The Gilded Age
It was the era of rapid economic growth railroads were a major growing industrialization led to more money earned -
Political Machines
Political Corruption was happing like faking names and bribes to gain more support Tweed was a group who stole money and all men were part of corruption and were arrested -
Civil Service Reform
The act provided selection of government employees by competitive exam It also made it illegal to fire or demote government officials for political reasons and prohibited soliciting campaign donations on federal government property -
Hay Market Riot
It was an outbreak of violence of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration demanding for eight hour of working became increasingly wide spread among american labors -
Dawes Act
It was an act to force to beak apart the indian tribes into indvialdes and the offered them to move out or stay but have to become american citizen and forget about indian traditions -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams was the second woman to receive the Peace Prize. She founded the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in 1919 and worked for many years to get the great powers to disarm and conclude peace agreements. -
Ida B Wells
led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s, and went on to found and become integral in groups striving for African-American justice and early leader in the Civil Rights Movement -
Populism and Progressive
Its about people dissatisfaction with government and its inability to deal with everyones problems which lead to secrets ballots and suffrage -
Initiative and Referendum
three powers reserved to enable the voters by petition to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office to pick what acts to make -
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish American industrialist 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 he gave away about 350 million to charities -
Klondike Gold Rush
People thought that Alaska was just cold land when they discovered that gold had been found there and many more -
William Jennings
He was a nebraska congressman democratic convention with his Cross of Gold speech that favored free silver but was defeated in his bid to become us president by william mcKinley. -
Upton Sinclair
He novel to show the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities and the meat packing industry -
Pure Food and Drug Act
it helps by preventing the sale or transportation and misbranded or even dangerous poisonous foods drugs medicines and liquors makes sure that everything was okay to consume -
Muckraker
created awareness of corruption and social justices that caused abuses of power groups of people that wanted to end corruption -
Theodore Roosevelt
He expanded the presidency and the federal government in support of the public interest in conflicts between big business and labour and steered the nation toward an active role in world politics mainly in Europe and he also won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1906 -
Dollar Diplomacy
president William Howard made it possible to make loans to foreign countries. -
16th Amendment
government to collect an income tax from all Americans. Income tax allows for the federal government to keep an army, build roads and bridges, enforce laws and carry out other important duties. -
17th Amendment
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state elected by the people and each Senator will have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications -
18th Amendment
This banned the sell and use of alcohol it was a huge fail also including the transportation and people started to make their own illegally -
Nativism
a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants -
Suffrage
the right to vote in political elections women fought to have equal rights was men like voting and protested -
19th Amendment
Constitution granted American women the right to vote a right known as woman suffrage. At the time the U.S. was founded the female citizens did not have all of the same rights as men, including the right to vote. -
Clarence Darrow
He was a lawyer and a leading member of the american civil union and a advocate for Georgist economic reform. He is known for the famous trials of the teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb for murdering 14 year old kid
