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17th Amendment
This gives us the right to vote for our senators for our respective state. The first 125 years senate was not elected. Because of this amendment it was put in place that we can elect senate. -
Bessemer Process
Help boom the steal industry. Went from molten pig process to the open heart furnace. Oxidation helped the process. -
industrialization
This is the development of industry. Some popular industries were textiles and coal. The boom of the industrial period started when factories and steam powered engines started. -
Susan B. Anthony
She was a social reformer. She also dabbled in women's rights, she played a pivotal role in women's suffrage. -
Nativism
It is where favor is place on those who inhabited the land first. Those who immigrate to the land are not natives they are migrants. Also relates to the culture of those inhabitants. -
Indian Removal
Law signed by President Andrew Jackson. This forced indians out of their land. This help create the trail of tears -
Manifest Destiny
19th centrary belief that we needed to explore and expand out west in search for God, Glory and Gold. The manifest destiny sparked many things like Gold rush and The Oregon trail. -
Monroe Doctrine
American policy that was to reject European colonialism. President James monroe delivered it in his state of the union address. Term was coined in 1850 -
Andrew Carnegige
Was a very wealthy man who led the steel expansion in the U.S. in the late 19th century. He migrated to the united states from the United Kingdom and was identified as one the richest people ever. He dedicated the latter part of his life to education and libraries -
Eugene V. Debs
Was a union member. Was a founder of the Industrial Workers of the World. He was also nominated 5 times as the leader for the socialist party of America for US president -
Clarence Darrow
He helped promote georgia's economic freedom. He was also a lawyer and was a prominent leader in The america civil liberties union. -
Homestead Act
It was promoted by Abe Lincoln. It helped western settlers to migrate to the west and they were promised 160 acres of land. They had to live there for 5 years before they got ownership. -
The Gilded Age
Was a time in the 19th century that was a time of corruption. This was also a time of capitalism. As well as suspicious consumption. -
Political Machines
A group where there is an authoritative boss where they control the corps, business and supporters who receive rewards for their efforts one famous boss was boss tweed. -
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Law passed to stop immigration in the spring of 1882 of Chinese migrants. It was signed my chester a. arthur. This stopped Chinese immigration for 10 years. -
Haymarket Riot
Riot that took place after a bombing at a labor meeting. This took place in chicago. The riot was the response to the bombing. -
Dawes Act
It authorized the President to survey the indian tribal land. This allowed the president to divide the land into little sections. The indians got their own land. -
Yellow Journalism
This was journalism designed just for exaggeration. The sources are illegitimate. It was used to sell more news papers. -
Progressivism
Term used a lot in the industrial age. This term was used for economic and social movements and problems. The early progressives rejected social darwinism. -
Populism
Idea that you support the ideas concerns and ideas of ordinary people. This gives those that don't have governing power a voice. Also helps with government on the choices they make -
William Jennings Bryan
He was an orator and politician from Nebraska. He was a democratic party leader 3 times and was almost president but got beat out by mckinley. -
Klondike Gold Rush
This was a migration to upper yukon of canada. 100,000 people joined this migration. They were all looking for Gold in that region -
Initiative and Referendum
The three powers reserved to enable voters by petition. Proponents for an official petition serial number from the town clerk. This help repeal officials from office. -
Robber Barons (Captains of Industry)
A derogatory metaphor used in the late 19th contrary. The metaphor was used to describe the rich that was use faulty and wicked ways to get rich. So basically it was the term for those who screwed people over to get rich -
Social Gospel
It was religious movement in the second half of the 19th century. It was lead by a lot of ministers at the time. They preached that civilians must emulate Jesus Christ. -
Recall
Way that voters can take an elected official out of office. They can have a direct vote to take official out of office before term has ended. This gave more power to the people. -
Muckraker
Word that was made popular by Roosevelt. It means one who publishes work for the purpose of scandals. It was meant for those who rake filth as in purely look for drama and scandals. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
This was an ban on poorly produced food and drugs. This prevented the manufacture and sale of the bad food and drugs. Medicine and liquors were included into that. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Helped guarantee foreign loan under tafts' term. It affected latin america and east Asia. It was believed this would be bennefiicail to both countries -
Ida B. Wells
She was a journalist. She was also a civil rights activist for both blacks and women. She helped found the NAACP -
Theodore Roosevelt
26th president of the united states. Was known for his quote "speak softly and carry a big stick." Roosevelt served in the military before becoming president. He was also a Governor of New York his home state. -
Federal Reserve Act
It created the federal reserve we have now. It established economic stability in the united states. This introduced a central bank in the use which controlled monetary policy. -
17th Amendment
Passed in 1913, this amendment to the Constitution calls for the direct election of senators by the voters instead of their election by state legislatures. This gives people more power to choose who they want to represented by. -
19th Amendment
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections. Woman finally got the right to vote and this helped advance rights for women. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
It happened under the Harding administration. This was a bribery incident that happened. It only lasted a year -
Jane Adams
Early settler in the U.S. founded one of the early settlements and it was called the Hull House in Chicago. She won a nobel peace prize in 193. She was well known as the Mother of Social Work. -
Immigration and The American Dream
Immigration is moving from one land to another. The American Dream is the belief that those who come to the home of the brave land of the free if they work hard enough they can achieve anything. -
Upton Sinclair
Was a well known author. He has over 100 books and other works and won a prize in 1943 for fiction. -
Urbinazation
This is the process of taking land like farms and turning them urban. Making rural land urban. The way we make big cities had to start from farmland -
16th Amendment
This amendment gives congress a right to impose federal tax from all americans. This way we can build armies bridges and much more. Because the U.S. will fund the payments.
