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Susan B. Anthony
She was part of the women suffrage movement. she gave a speech called "Failure is Impossible," -
Indian Removal
Indian removal was a 19th-century policy of ethnic cleansing by the government of the United States to move Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the river. -
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Manifest Density
In the 19th century, Manifest Destiny was the widely held belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. -
Andrew Carnegie
He was a Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. -
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Nativism
Nativism is the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
Eugene V. Debbs
He was an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. He was known for his work with labor movements, and Debbs eventually became one of the best-known socialists living in the United States. -
Clarence Darrow
He was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. He was called a "sophisticated country lawyer", he remains notable for his wit, which marked him as one of the most famous American lawyers and civil libertarians. -
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
He was governor of New York before becoming U.S. vice president. At age 42 became youngest to assume U.S presidency. He was an author, explorer, soldier, and naturalist, -
William Jennings Bryan
Jennings, leading American politician.A dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party. Served two terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska and was the United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson, resigning because of his pacifist position on the World War. -
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. 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 -
Homestead Act
Anyone who had never taken up arms against the U.S. government (including freed slaves and women). 21 years or older, or the head of a family, could file an application to claim a federal land grant. -
Ida B. Wells
She was African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, and an early leader in the civil rights movement. Documented lynching in the United States. Showing how it was often a way to control or punish blacks who competed with whites. She was active in women's rights and the women's suffrage movement. -
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Gilded Age
The Gilded Age was an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. American wages, especially for skilled workers, were much higher than in Europe, which attracted millions of immigrants. -
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Urbanization & Industrialization
Urbanization is the act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city, and Industrialization is The process in which a society or country transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society into one based on the manufacturing of goods and services. -
Upton Sinclair
Wrote books that exposed conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry, causing a public uproar that contributed in part to the passage a few months later of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. -
Haymarket Riot
Began as peaceful rally to support workers striking for an eight-hour day and the killing of several workers by police, previous day. Unknown person threw a dynamite bomb at police as they acted to disperse the public meeting. The bomb blast and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of seven police officers and at least four civilians. -
Dawes Act
Authorized President of United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. Those who accepted allotments and lived separately from the tribe would be granted United States citizenship. -
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Populism & Progressivism
The Progressive Era was a period of social activism and political reform in the United States that flourished from the 1890s to the 1920s. One main goal of the Progressive movement was eliminating corruption in government by exposing and undercutting political machines and their bosses and establishing further means of direct democracy. -
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Civil Service Reform
Civil service reform refers to movements for the improvement of the civil service in methods of appointment, rules of conduct, etc. -
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Klondike Gold Rush
Was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada. -
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Initiative & Referendum
Initiative is a process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes and, in some states, constitutional amendments on the ballot. "Referendum" is a general term which refers to a measure that appears on the ballot. Recall is a procedure that allows citizens to remove and replace a public official before the end of a term of office. -
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Muckraker
The term muckraker refers to reform-minded journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines and continued a tradition of investigative journalism reporting; muckrakers often worked to expose social ills and corporate and political corruption. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Was first of series of significant consumer protection laws enacted by the Federal Government in the twentieth century. Main purpose was to ban foreign and interstate traffic in adulterated or mislabeled food and drug products, and it directed the U.S. Bureau of Chemistry to inspect products and refer offenders to prosecutors. -
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Dollar Diplomacy
the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence. -
17th Amendement
Seventeenth Amendment of United States Constitution established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. It also procedure for filling vacancies in Senate, allowing state legislatures to permit their governors to make temporary appointments until a special election can be held. -
16th amendement
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act is an Act of Congress that created and set up the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes and Federal Reserve Bank Notes as legal tender. -
18th Amendment
The 18th Amend. of the United States Constitution effectively established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring illegal the production, transport and sale of alcohol. The Eighteenth Amendment, and defined which "intoxicating liquors" were prohibited, and which were excluded from prohibition (ex: for medical and religious purposes). -
19 Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. The amendment was the climax of the women's suffrage movement in the United States, which fought at both state and national levels to achieve the vote. -
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Tea Pot Dome Scandal
It was a bribery incident that took place in the United States. Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming and two other locations in California to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding. Fall was later convicted of accepting bribes from the oil companies and became the first Cabinet member to go to prison. -
Political Machines
Political machine as, in U.S. politics, a party organization, headed by a single boss or small autocratic group, that commands enough votes to maintain political and administrative control of a city, county, or state. -
Immigration & the American Dream
An idea that suggests that anyone in the US can succeed through hard work and has the potential to lead a happy, successful life. Many people have expanded upon or refined the definition to include things such as freedom, fulfillment and meaningful relationships -
Third Parties Politics
Third party is any party contending for votes that failed to outpoll either of its two strongest rivals (or, in the context of an impending election, is considered highly unlikely to do so). -
Suffrage
Suffrage is the right to vote in political elections.Women's suffrage (also known as woman suffrage) is the right of women to vote and to stand for electoral office. Limited voting rights were gained by women in Sweden, Finland and some western U.S. states in the late 19th century.
