-
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 -
Robber Barons
A ruthlessly powerful U.S. capitalist or industrialist of the late 19th century considered to have become wealthy by exploiting natural resources, corrupting legislators, or other unethical means -
Bessemer Steel Process
Was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace -
Jane Addams
Settlement House.
Mostly known for her work as a social reformer -
Period: to
The Gilded age
An era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. As American wages were much higher than those in Europe, especially for skilled workers, the period saw an influx of millions of European immigrants. -
Susan B Anthony
Founded the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869.
Was an American social reformer and women's rights activist -
Industrialization
Individual manual labor is often replaced by mechanized mass production, and craftsmen are replaced by assembly lines. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Best known for his invention of the telephone, worked at a school for the deaf while attempting to invent a machine that would transmit sound by electricity. -
Period: to
Labor Unions
An organization of workers formed to promote collective bargaining with employers over wages, hours, fringe benefits, job security, and working conditions fought for better wages, reasonable hours and safer working conditions. -
Samuel Gompers
American labor leader Samuel Gompers was the most significant person in the history of the American labor movement. He founded and served as the first president of the American Federation of Labor. -
Haymarket Riot
turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day. -
interstate commerce act
The railroads became the first industry subject to Federal regulation. In 1887 Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act, making the railroads the first industry subject to Federal regulation. -
Ida B Wells
Was an African-American journalist, abolitionist and feminist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s then found and become integral in groups striving for African-American justice. -
Jacob Riis
American newspaper reporter, social reformer, and photographer who, with his book How the Other Half Lives -
Settlement House
Social and cultural centers established by reformers in slum areas of American cities during the 1890s and the early 1900s. Jane Addams founded the most famous settlement house, in Chicago. -
Sherman Antitrust act
Was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts. -
Andrew Carnegie
He was a telegrapher operator for a railroad. Founded the Carnegie Steel Corporation -
Labor Strike
Is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. -
William Jennings Bryan
He starred at the 1896 Democratic convention with his Cross of Gold speech, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, standing three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States. -
Klondike Gold Rush
A placer deposit of gold was found on Rabbit Creek, a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada. That discovery was the start of one of the biggest Gold Rushes in the history of the North American continent -
Theodore Roosevelt
26th president of the U.S
Lead the rough riders during the Spanish American war
elected Governor of New York in 1898 -
Eugene V Debbs
American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World.
Founded the Socialist Party of America -
Tenement
A run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city. They are apartment houses that barely meet or fail to meet the minimum standards of safety, sanitation, and comfort. -
Period: to
Muckrakers
Was used in the Progressive Era to characterize reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt -
initiative referendum and recall
Are three powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition, to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office. -
Upton Sinclair
wrote The Jungle to expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry which led to the federal legislation such as the Pure Food and Drug Act -
Pure food and Drug act
preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. -
Federal Reserve Act
Was enacted in response to a series of financial crises that occurred, the intent of the act was to create a degree of financial stability. -
Social Gospel
was a religious movement that arose during the second half of the nineteenth century. Ministers, especially ones belonging to the Protestant branch of Christianity, began to tie salvation and good works together -
Period: to
Dollar Diplomacy
To promote the United States commercial interest and economic power abroad by guaranteeing loans made to strategically important foreign countries. -
18th Amendment
Prohibited the manufacturing, transportation and sale of alcohol within the United States -
Nativism
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
Populism & Progressivism
The Populist movement also influenced progressivism. While rejecting the call for free silver, the progressives embraced the political reforms of secret ballot, initiative, referendum, and recall. Most of these reforms were on the state level. -
19th Amendment
It gave women the right to vote in 1920 .The amendment states that the right of citizens to vote "shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding Before the Watergate scandal, Teapot Dome was regarded as the "greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics". -
Clarence Darrow
Stunned the prosecution when he had his clients plead guilty in order to avoid a vengeance-minded jury and place the case before a judge.
