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Political Machine
City government were often run by corrupt political machine. -
Alexander Graham Bell
An educator of the deaf, invented the telephone. -
Nativism
A dislike of foreigners. -
Ida B Wells
Ida B Wells was one of the main tactics used to terrorize African Americans especially in the south . -
The Gilded Age
The entrepreneurs were able to reap huge profits for themsleves, creating immense wealth. because of their lavish lifestyle ,nknown as Gilded age -
Susan B Anthony
Susan B Anthony , A prominent reformer, attempted to vote in Rochester, New York, on the grounds that she was citizen and had that right under the 14th Amendment. However, a judge refused to grant her right to vote -
industrialzation
The Gilded Age was a period of economic growth as the United States jumped to the lead in industrialization ahead of Britain. -
Samuel Gompers
Samuel Gompers was founded American Federation of Labor. -
Bessemer steel production
The Bessemer made the production of steel more economical. Before the Bessemer production it took an entire day to produce 5 tons of steel. -
Settlement House
institution in an downtown area providing education, recreational, and other social things to the people. -
Haymarket Riot
The Haymarket affair a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration in 1886. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
the purpose of this federal law was to stop monopolies engaging in unfair practices that prevented fair competition. -
Insterstate commerce act
The court ruled the only congress had the power to regulate interstate commerce. in response congress passed the act -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams and her volunteers actually live in a hull house among the people they were trying to help. Addams once describe the main purpose of a settlement house as being to " help the foregein born conserve the value of their past life and bring them into contact with better class of Americans. -
Andrew Carnegie
worked his way up from penniless Scottish immigrants to one of American's richest and most powerful men. -
Labor Strikes
Homestead act in 1892 . the act stated that any citizen could occupy 160nacres of government land. -
William Jenning Bryan
For president after he delivered a speech at the convention. His Cross of Gold speech praised farmers and denounced bankers for crucifying mankind on a cross of gold. -
Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada -
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Governors like Theodore R in New York similarly took steps to free their state government from corruption. -
Upton Sinclair
In the Jungle described the unsanitary practices of meat packing industry. -
Muckraker
Progressive Era to characterize reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt -
Jacob riis
a Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. -
pure food and drug act
An Act for preventing sale or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic purposes -
Social Gossip
The social Gospel movement called for social reforms including the abolition of child labor and safe working conditions.
Social gospel leaders saw the horrible condition of workers and their families as evidence of the beginning of a new century in which Christians were called upon god. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy was promoted Americans foreign policy goals. -
initiative , Referendum, Recall
Three powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition, to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office. -
16 Amendments
16th Amendment allows the congress to charge a income tax without diving it among the states. -
Federal Reserve Act
The act reformed the banking industry by establishing 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks, -
17th Amendment
Senators were elected directly by the people (17th amendment) instead of bring chosen by state legislatures. -
18 Amendment
To forbid liquors in the United States by announcing the production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal. -
19 amendment
the 19th amendment was a step forward in making the united states a true democracy a system of government by the people. -
Tea pot Dome Scandal
The teapot dome scandal , uncovered just after hardings death in 1923. -
Clarence Darrow
Represented scopes at the monkey trail on evolution. -
Eugene V Debbs
Eugene Victor Debbs was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, 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. -
tenement
single room apartments often without without heat or lighting. Frequently many families shared a single toilet. -
Robber Barons
(Captains of Industry) They call him Robber Barons because of the ruthless tactics they use to destroy competition and to keep their workers wages low.
