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Indian Removal
on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy. -
Manifest Destiny
The term for the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast. -
Muckraker
The term muckraker was used in the Progressive Era to characterize reform-minded American journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines. -
Homestead Act
The Homestead Acts were several United States federal laws that gave an applicant ownership of land, typically called a "homestead", at little or no cost. -
Nativisim
The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
Haymarket Riot
the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration at Haymarket Square in Chicago. -
Dawes Act
The Dawes Act authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. -
william jennings bryan
William Jennings Bryan was an American orator and politician from Nebraska, and a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's nominee for President of the United States. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He is often identified as one of the richest people and one of the richest Americans ever. -
The Klondike gold rush
a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada. -
Populism & Progressivism
a doctrine that appeals to the interests and conceptions (such as hopes and fears) of the general population, especially when contrasting any new collective consciousness push against the prevailing status quo interests of any predominant political sector.a broad philosophy based on the Idea of Progress, which asserts that advancement in science, technology, economic development, and social organization are vital to improve the human condition. -
Dollar Diplomacy
to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. -
Initiative & Referendum
a process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes and, in some states, constitutional amendments on the ballot -
Political Machine
A political machine is a political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses (usually campaign workers), who receive rewards for their efforts. -
industrialization
The process of a country becoming "Urban", and using machines more for manufacturing. -
the gilded age
Mark Twain called the late 19th century the "Gilded Age." By this, he meant that the period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath. It is easy to caricature the Gilded Age as an era of corruption, conspicuous consumption, and unfettered capitalism. -
third party politics
In U.S. politics, a third party is a political party other than the Democrats or Republicans, such as the Libertarians and Greens. The term "minor party" is also used in a similar manner. -
Susan B. Anthony
Susan Brownell Anthony was an American social reformer and women's rights advocate who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. -
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair wrote "the Jungle", which was based on a meat packing industry in Chicago -
Pure Food and Drug Act
An Act for 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. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. -
16th amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census. -
17th Amendment
The 17th amendment established the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states. -
Federal Reserve Act
an Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes -
Ida B. Wells
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, more commonly known as Ida B. Wells, was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist Georgist, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. -
18th amendment
effectively established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring illegal the production, transport, and sale of alcohol (though not the consumption or private possession). It was reapealed by the 21st amendment -
19th amendment
the 19th amendment prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. -
Tea Pot Scandle
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. -
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Seward Darrow was an American lawyer, leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform. -
Immigration & the American Dream
The american dream is the ability to escape religious persicution, and to start la new life. -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams was a pioneer American settlement activist/reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. -
Suffrage
he right to vote in political elections. -
Civil Service reform
Civil service reform refers to movements for the improvement of the civil service in methods of appointment, rules of conduct, etc.