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Tenement
a typical tenement building 5 to 7 stories and held nearly all of the lot upon which it was built.Mostly immigrant and poor people live here. -
Nativism
This term refers to the preference for U.S residents rather than foreigners considered to be outsiders. -
Industrilization
The nation rapidly expanded its economy into new areas like heavy industry like factories, railroads and coal mining -
Robber Barons
This term is used to refer to the man who used union busting, fraud, intimidation, violence and their extensive political connections to gain an advantage over any competitors -
Bessemer Steel Production
This was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production. -
Political Machines
The political machines of the late 1860's and early 1870's used graft, bribery, and rigged elections to bilk the city over 200$ million. -
The Gilded Age
America saw unprecedented growth in industry and technology. -
Susan B Anthony
She was a fighter for the woman suffrage movement in the U.S and president of the National American Suffrage Association. -
Labor Unions
Wanted better wages, working conditions, shorter working days, and the creation of all-union work places for its members. -
Social Gospel
A movement led my a group of liberal Protestant progressives in response to the social problems raised but the rapid industrialization. -
Andrew Carneige
Andrew Carneige was an industrialist of the gilded age, the owner of the Carneige Steel Company. -
Alexander Graham Bell
This man invented the telegraph which changed the world by giving them a new form of communication. -
Great Railroad Strike
Great Railroad strike of 1877, in order to protect profit during the economic depression they reduced the pay of railroads worker by 10%. -
Samuel Gompers
Social Former union leader and founder of the American Federation of labor. -
Haymarket Riot
This riot killed 8 people after someone threw a bomb at the police. -
Interstate Commerce Act
Is a U.S federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, mostly its monopolistic practices. -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams was thought to be the best known philanthropist of the golden age. -
Settlement House
Settlement Houses were established all over American Cities in respond to all the immigrants as well as the poverty. -
Jacob Riis
in 1890, reporters and photographers Jacob Riis brought the horrors of New York slum life to light in this book -
Sherman Antitrust Act
This was made to break up monopolistic business combinations, and the Interstate Commerce Act. -
Populism and Progressivisim
The populist were a political movement aimed and improving conditions for the country farmers and agrarian workers. -
Homestead Strike
5K steelworkers struck Andrew Carneige steel plant near Pittsburg PA. -
Eugene V Debbs
He was the president of the American Railway union and a founding member of the social democratic party in America. -
Pullman Strike
wage was cut by 1/3 but no lower than the rent on company housing nor price reduction at company stores. -
William jennings bryan
He campaigned for peace, prohibition ,and suffrage and criticized the teaching of evolution. -
Ida B Wells
She was an African American journalist, abolitionist and feminist who led anti-lynching crusade in the u.s in the 1890's -
Klondike Gold Rush
Gold was found in a tributary of the Klondike river in Canada's yukon territory . -
Clarance Darrow
An American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil liberties union. -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
Initiative, Referendum, Recall are three powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition, to propose or repeal legislation or to remove and elected official from the office. -
Theodore Roosevelt
He was the 26th president of the u.S in 1901 and a leader of the progressive movement. -
Muckraker
A term used to describe reporters who exposed corruption among politicians and the superior. -
Upton Sinclair
in 1906, activist journalist named Upton SInclair wrote "The Jungle" to expose the terrible working conditions in the meatpacking industry. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
This was the first federal law to regulate food and drugs. -
Dollar Diplomacy
This was a form of American foreign policy to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia thru use of its economic power by giving loans to foreign countries. -
17th Amendment
The senate of the U.S shall be composed of two senators from each state. -
Federal Reserve Act
Gave 12 banks the ability to print money to make sure economic stability. -
16th Amendment
The congress shall have powers to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived without appointment among the several states. -
18th Amendment
the 18th amendment prohibited the making, transporting, and selling of alcoholic beverages. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment to the us constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the us on the basis of sex. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
This was a bribery scandal involving the administration of the us.
