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18th amendment
Manufacturing, sale, or transportation of liquor is prohibited. -
19th amendment
Right to vote cannot be denied because of sex. -
16th amendment
The power to collect taxes. -
17th amendment
2 senators from each state. Must be elected by the people. Each senator gets one vote. -
Third Parties Politics
A third party is any party contending for votes that failed to outpoll either of its two strongest rivals. -
Industrialization
The development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale. -
Indian Removal
Authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi. In exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. -
Manifest Destiny
Belief in the expansion of the US. Believed it was both justified and inevitable. -
Nativism
The political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
Homestead Act
Encouraged Western migration. Provided settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, they paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of residence before receiving ownership of the land. -
Populism & Progressivism
Those who follow or support progressivism are mostly rich, and powerful politicians. Those who support populism are the generally masses. -
Civil Service Reform
Positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation. -
Haymarket Riot
The Haymarket affair was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration. -
Clarence Darrow
American lawyer. Leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. -
Dawes Act
Authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land. They could divide it into allotments for individual Indians. -
Andrew Carnegie
Led the expansion of the American steel industry. He owned Carnegie Steel Corporation. -
Muckraker
Reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt. -
Ida B Wells
African American journalist. She was a suffrage. Early leader in the Civil Rights movement. -
William Jennings Bryan
American orator and politician. Dominant force in the Democratic party. 3 time nominee for President of the US. -
Klondike Gold Rush
Migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region in north-western Canada. -
Initiative & Referendum
Initiative: a process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes. Referendum: allows citizens to refer a statute passed by the legislature to the ballot so that voters can enact or repeal the measure. -
Susan B Anthony
American social reformer. Women's rights activist. Played a role in the women's suffrage movement. -
Political Machines
A political organization. An authoritative boss or small group commands the support of supporters and businesses. -
Theodore Roosevelt
26th president of the United States. He won a Nobel Peace Prize. His achievements were in conversation. -
Eugene V Debs
American union leader. One of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World.Five times the candidate for the Socialist Party of America. -
Pure food and drug act
Prevented the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors. -
Jane Addams
"Mother" of social work. Leader in women's suffrage and world peace. Participated in the founding of the Chicago School of Civics. -
Urbanization
The population shift from rural to urban areas. -
Dollar Diplomacy
The use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence. -
Federal reserve act
Establish a form of economic stability in the United States. Through the introduction of the Central Bank. Would be in charge of monetary policy. -
Suffrage
The right to vote in public, political elections. -
The gilded age
Derived from writer Mark Twain's 1873 novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. An era of serious social problems masked by a thin gold gilding. -
Teapot dome scandal
The secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of the interior. -
Immigration and the American Dream
Idea that promises success to all who reside and work hard in the land of the free and home of the brave. While immigrants may have built the nation, the US has a history of opposition towards new people. -
Upton Sinclair
American writer. Wrote nearly 100 books. Won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
