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political machines
organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses -
manifest destiny
god telling people to head out west -
immigration & the american dream
people immigrating to the united states because you can do anything in America -
eugene v debbs
was an American union leader one of the founders of the industrial worker's world -
susan b anthony
she was an American social reformer and civil right activist. when she was 17 she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. -
andrew carnegie
he led the expansion of the steel industry. he was also known to be one of the richest people in America -
populism & progressivism
people who promote progressivism are mostly rice and people who promote populism are the general masses -
homestead act
encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. -
urbanization
the shift from rural to urban areas -
nativism
s the political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
haymaker riot
The Haymarket affair was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration -
dawes act
authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians -
klondike gold rush
was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike -
the gilded age
19th century, from the 1870s to about 1900. -
industrialization
the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale. -
theodore roosevelt
he was the 26th president of us. he had asthma when he was a kid
he became president when he was 42 -
pure food and drug act
For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, -
ida b wells
she was an African American journalist and an early leader in the civil rights movement -
jane addams
know as the mother of social work. -
16th amendment
allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census. -
17th amendment
established the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states. -
federal reserve act
was a U.S. legislation that created the current Federal Reserve System. -
18th amendment
ffectively established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States -
clarence darrow
was an American lawyer and he was a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, -
tea pot dome scandal
was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922, -
19th amendment
rohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex -
civil service reform
enacted in 1883, which established that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation. -
upton sinclair
he was an American writer who wrote over a hundred books and he won the Pulitzer prize for ficton
