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Muckraker
Job was to expose problems to the public. Wanted to capture the public's attention with sex, violence,.... Coined by Teddy Roosevelt. -
Industrialization
Is the process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods -
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Susan B.Anthony
Was a lecture for women's rights, a pioneer crusader for the woman suffrage movement in the US and president (1892-1900) of the National American Woman Suffrage Association(3/9/2010) -
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Andrew Carnegie
The Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist.Was the leader of the American steel industry from 1873 to 1901 . He sold the Carnegie steel company to banker John P Morgan for $480 million. -
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Alexander Graham Bell
Was a Scottish-born scientist, inventor , engineer. Invented the first telephone . He also founded the American Telephone and telegraph company (AT &T) in 1885 -
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Jacob Riis
An American newspaper reporter, social reformer, photographer ,journalist in 1870. Shocked the reader with factual descriptions of slum conditions in New York city -
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Samuel Gompers
Was an American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and served as the organization's president from 1886 to 1894, and from 1895 until his death in 1924. -
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Eugene V. Debs
He was American socialist, political activist,... Was imprisoned along his associates for ignoring a federal court injunction to stop striking . When he was in prison, he read Socialist literature and emerged as a leader . And after he had 5 times the candidate of the socialist party of American for president of the USA -
Bessemer steel product
Was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. -
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Clarence Darrow
Was an American lawyer , a leading member of the American Civil Liberties union, and a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform -
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Theodore Roosevelt
Was a president from 1901 to 1909 . He was the 26th president of the US.Became governor of New York in 1899 after leading a group of volunteer military in the Spanish -American war. -
Labor unions (Knight of labor, American Federation of labor and Industrial workers of the world )
Is an organization made up of workers who usually belong to the same trade about matters like grievances , wages , benefits ,overtime , work hours,....
Group of workers who seek to improve the economic and social well-being of its members through group action. -
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William Jennings Bryan
Was an American Orator and politician from Nebraska. Though a gifted orator, he lost the election to Republican William McKinley. He ran again for president and lost in 1900. Later he opposed America's imperialist actions, and in the 1920s, he made his mark as a leader of the fundamentalist cause and prosecuting attorney in the Scopes Monkey Trial. -
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Jane Addams
Her work as a social reformer , was an all - purpose community center for poor people . She was also leader in women's suffrage , provided child care, nursing services, author , sociologist,... -
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Ida B.Wells
African American Journalist, educator and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement .He urged African Americans to protest by refusing to ride street cars or shops in white owned stores -
Tenement
Also called tenement house. This law about a run down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city . Any species of permanent property, as lands, houses, rents, an office, or a franchise, that may be held of another. -
Social Gospel
Movement led by Washington Gladden - taught religion and human dignity would help the poor over come problems of industrialization in the United States in the late 19th century -
The Gilded Age
The late nineteenth century was a period of intense change that transformed the United States from a predominantly rural nation into a modern industrial society. -
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Upton Sinclair
Was an American novelist, essayist , playwright, short-story writer
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Political machines
Unoffical city organization designed to keep a particular group in power, leaded by a single boss or small group. That commands enough vote to maintain political and administrative control of a city, state or country . It started from late in the 18th century until the 20th century -
Haymarket Riot
A labor protest rally near Chicago's Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day. It is the aftermath of bombing that took place at a labor demonstration. -
Interstate commerce act 1887
A law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry under president Roosevelt.Required that railroads charge fair rates to their customers and make those rates public. -
Settlement house
A neighborhood center in impoverished areas. Social and cultural centers established by reformers in slum areas of American cities from the 1890s to the early 1900s. -
Robber Barons
A term used in the 19th century in the U.S as a negative reference to business men and bankers who dominated their respective industries and amassed huge personal fortunes -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Act was supposed to prohibit trusts and monopolies; was used to halt RR strike which threatened to restrain the nation's mail delivery by Theodore Roosevelt in Department of Justice in Washington D.C.
Roosevelt used this act to give the federal government more control over big businesses in court and it was the first measure passed by U.S Congress to prohibit trusts -
Klondike gold rush
A migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. Gold was finded by local miners ,it triggered a stampede of would-be prospectors.Some became wealthy, but the majority went in vain. The Klondike Gold Rush ended in 1899 after gold was discovered in Nome, Alaska prompting an exodus from the Klondike. -
Initiative, referendum , recall
Are 3 powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition, to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office.
Initiative : is a process that enables citizens to by pass their state legislature by placing proposed statures
Referendum: Is a device which allows voters to approve or repeal an act of the Legislature.
Recall: Is a procedure that allows citizens to remove and replace a public official before the end of a term of office. -
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Populism and progressivism
Populism in the late 19th century by the farmers about change in economic system and Progressivism started at the beginning 20th century by the middle class about changing in the political system -
Pure food and drug act
To remove or forbade harm foods and drugs from the market and regulate the manufacture and sale of drugs and food involved in interstate trade.It gave the government broad powers to ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs in order to abolish the "patent" drug trade. -
Dollar dipllomacy
Was a form of American foreign policy to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. -
Federal Reserve Act
Created the federal reserve system, the central banking system of the US . Created 12 district banks that would lend $ at discount rates . It regulated banking to help smaller banks stay in business. -
17th Amendent
This amendment to the Constitution calls for the direct election of senators by the voters instead of their election by state legislatures. -
16th Amendment
Gave Congress the power to tax income -
18th Amendment
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages -
Nativisim
Favoritism toward native-born Americans, caused immigrants issues with jobs and adapting to the new culture and language -
19th Amendment
Extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections -
Tea pot dome scandal
It's a government scandal involving a former US Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921. It became symbolic of the scandals of administration -
Labor Strikes( Great railroad strike 1877, homestead strike 1892 ,pullman strike 1894)
Is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work .Usually takes place in response to employee grievances .Are sometimes used to pressure government to change polices.