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Industrialization
Process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods.
Industrialization began to occur in the US in the 1920s. -
Indian Removal
Signed by President Andrew Jackson.
Remove Indians from the land in the West.
Most Indians refused to leave and were taken out.
Indians were put into reservations around the US. -
Manifest Destiny
the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
Justified expansion towards the West -
Homestead Act
Government gave applicants land for free if they could improve the land in 5 years.
Would give up to 270 million acres to applicants for people who expanded to the West. -
Susan B Anthony
American Women's right activist
Calls the first Woman's Suffrage Convention in Washington DC -
Populism and Progressivism
Progressivism is mostly followed by those who are rich and have power.
Populism started in the 1880s
Farmers believed that Industrialization workers were making laws against them. -
Civil Service Reform
is a United States federal law, enacted in 1883, which established that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation. -
Haymarket Riot
Riot that took place after a bomb was thrown to a police at the Haymarket.
the blame was taken by the Knights of Labor. -
Dawes Act
Adopted by Congress in 1887
Law to turn Native Americans into farmers and landowners by providing cooperating families with 160 acres of reservation land for farming or 320 acres for grazing. -
William Jennings Bryan
Emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party
3 times nominee for the President of the United States
Politician from Nebraska -
Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush was an event of migration estimated ot be of 100,000 people moving to the Klondike region of north-western Canada in the Yukon region between 1896 and 1899. -
Initiative & Referendum
Powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition.
Propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office.
Process began in 1898. -
Andrew Carnegie
One of the richest men in history.
Led the expansion of the American Steel Industry in the 19th century.
Owned Carnegie Steel Corporation. -
Eugene V Debs
Founding Member of the Industrial Workers of the World.
American Union Leader
5 times candidate for US President. -
Urbanization
The process of making an area more urban.
Shifted from farming to cities, and factories. -
Third Parties Politics
Party contending for votes that failed to outpoll either of its two strongest rivals. -
Political Machines
jobs and government buildings would be granted by politicians to those who did them favors. -
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States.
1st president to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
Former Soldier -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Prevent the transportation and manufacture of misbranded or poisoned food,drugs, medicines, or liquors.
Approved by President Theodore Roosevelt. -
Muckraker
One who inquires into and publishes scandal and allegations of corruption among political and business leaders.
Became popular in a speech by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. -
Ida B wells
African-american journalist
led an anti-lynching crusade
founding member of the NAACP -
Dollar Diplomacy
the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence.
To promote the United States commercial interest and economic power abroad by guaranteeing loans made to strategically important foreign countries. -
16th Amendment
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.
Ratified February,13th,1913. -
17th Amendment
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. -
Federal Reserve Act
Establish a form of economic stability in the United States. Introduction of the Central Bank that's in charge of monetary policy.
Adapted in 1913. -
Jane Addams
Founded the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Helped to stop children from working in industrial labor.
Ran Hull House in Chicago. -
18th Amendment
Prohibited alcohol beverages in the US.
Did not prohibit the intake of alcohol, but prohibited the sale and manufacture.
Passed in February,1913. -
Clarence Darrow
American Lawyer
leading member of the American Civili Liberties Union
One of the most prominent attorneys in the nation -
The Gilded Age
The period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath.
Written by Mark Twain
Adapted in the 1920s -
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote.
Unified suffrage laws. -
Nativism
National consensus sharply restricted the overall inflow of immigrants, especially those from southern and eastern Europe.
The policy or practice of preserving or reviving an indigenous culture. -
Suffrage
Right to vote in public elections.
Everyone gets to vote, as opposed to only men, or property holders. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
Bribery incident that took place in the US.
Oil Reserve Scandal
took place during the administration of President Harding. -
Immigration and the American Dream
the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.
To start a new life in the US for Immigrants -
Upton Sinclair
American Writer
Pulitzer Price of Fiction in 1943.
Famous Mukcraker
