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Industrialization
A social and economical change in the states to make the America to make it more industrialized -
Political Machines
when a boss or small group commands the support of corps -
Nativism
having pride and thinking your better than someone else because you were born in that area -
Robber Barons (Captains of Industry)
a word used to describe a person who got rich from being ruthless -
Bessemer steel production
First method used to start mass producing steel -
Susan B. Anthony
She was a prime person in the progression into the future she led the women suffrage movement to allow women equal rights -
Andrew Carnegie
He helped the United States go from a agricultural and commercial nation to a greatest industrial nation in the world. -
Tenenment
mostly apartment buildings places that hold multiple families -
Labor Unions
A organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests. -
The Gilded Age
A time named after the 1873 social satire by Mark Twain and Charley Dudley Warner the time goes on for abut 30 years -
Social Gospel
social reform movement people interpreted the kingdom of god as requiring social -
Clarence Darrow
he was defense council in multiple dramatic criminal trials which led to him being in the American legal hall of fame he was also known for being a writer debater and a public speaker -
Settlement house
A social reform movement to bring the rich and poor together in physical connection and social interconnectedness -
William Jennings Bryan
He was a democrat a populist and he ran for president and failed 3 times he was a influential in the adoption of reforms such as women suffrage, prohibition, department of labor -
Alexander Graham Bell
he was the man who got America out of the morse code times and into using telephones he created -
Samuel Gompers
labor union leader and a key part of americas labor history he also founded the American federation of labor -
Haymarket Riot
It was organized to protest the wounding of workers -
Interstate commerce Act
oversees the conduct of the railroad industry with his act railroads became the first industry subject to federal regulation -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams is best known for her contribution to the progression in education and being apart of urban social services. -
Ida B. Wells
A African American hero she led the anti lynching crusade in America and was also a feminist and American journalist -
Muckraker
reform minded American journalists who classified establishes institutions and leaders as corrupt -
Jacob Riis
wrote a book and shook the world with his factual and detailed image of the slum conditions -
Sherman Antitrust Act
First federal law that outlawed monopolistic business practices -
Populism and Progressivism
its supporting the concerns of the average ordinary person and progressivism is wanting to change the world by reform -
Klondike Gold Rush
people from all parts went on a journey to the Yukon Territory in search of gold -
Theodore Roosevelt
Became the 26th president after McKinley's assassination -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
powers reserved to enable the voters by petition to propose or repeal -
Eugene V. Debbs
He was the president American railroad union later he would be considered for the role of president five times -
Upton Sinclair
His book the jungle shook the nation and led to the passing of the fire food and drug act -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Standing today as the most consequential laws it gave new unprecedented new regulatory powers to the FDA -
Dollar Diplomacy
use of the country financial power to extend it international influence -
Federal Reserves Act
this act established the federal system as the Central Bank of America -
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." -
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." -
18th Amendment
prohibit the sale manufacture and transportation of alcohol -
19th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex -
Labor Strikes
stopping work because people refuse to work until they get what thy want -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
This was known as the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of interior