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Susan B. Anthony
She fought for women’s rights and illegally voted in the presidential election and she also fought against slavery and alcohol -
Political Machines
A well organized group that controls how the election goes by bribing people with jobs and other favors in exchange for their vote -
Industrialization
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Robber Barons
a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices -
Alexander Graham Bell
He invented the Telephone -
Jacob Riis
His most famous work, How the Other Half Lives shed light on the plight of the slums in New York City -
Samuel Gompers
He founded the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions as a coalition of like-minded unions -
Eugene V. Debbs
He became active in Labor Movement in the 1870s and he created the American Railway Union -
Bessemer Steel Production
first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. -
Clarence Darrow
Represented Scopes at the “Monkey Trial” on evolution in 1925 -
Tenement
Poorly built, overcrowded houses where immigrants lived -
Ida B. Wells
African American leader who worked to end lynching -
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Labor Unions
Knights of labor- 1869- Secret organization formed to secure the rights of working men
American Federation of labor- 1886- loose amalgamation of skilled craft unions
Industrial Workers of the World- 1905- Organization that organized unskilled laborers in order to challenge and overthrow the capitalist system -
Great railroad strike
Workers for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad went on strike, because the company had reduced workers' wages twice over the previous year -
Upton Sinclair
His novel The Jungle helped improve working conditions in the meat-packing industry. -
Settlement House
A center in an underprivileged area that provides community services, workers lived in the areas where they helped -
Haymarket Riot
a labor protest rally near Chicago's Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. -
Interstate Commerce Act
regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. -
The Gilded Age
rapid industrialization, a labor pool swelled by immigration, and minimal government regulation allowed the upper classes to accumulate great wealth and enjoy opulent lifestyles. -
Populism & Progressivism
Populism wanted to improve the economic system while progressivism was focused on bringing in political improvements -
Sherman Antitrust Act
prohibit trusts and monopolies; was used to halt RR strike which threatened to restrain the nation's mail delivery -
Andrew carnegie
He was important to this era because he started his company Carnegie steel Corporation in 1892. He is known as "the king of steel". He would treat his worker poorly but later in his life he giving away $350 million to build libraries. -
Homestead Strike
The strike happened because the management of the plant, led by Henry Frick, wanted to break the union at the plant so that they could reduce wages more easily. -
Pullman Strike
When the Pullman railroad car company laid off workers and slashed their wages, the American Railway Union led a national strike that shut down the country's railroad system. -
William Jennings Bryan
He stared at the 1896 Democratic convention with his Cross of Gold speech that favored free silver -
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Klondike Gold Rush
Thousands of people rushed toward the klondike gold mining district in northwestern canada after gold was discovered there -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams important because she was one of the leaders in the settlement house movement. -
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Muckraker
Journalist who exposed corruption and other problems -
Theodore Roosevelt
Passed laws to protect consumer health he was know as trust buster and he was the 26 president -
Pure Food and Drug Act
a law passed in 1906 to remove harmful and misrepresented foods and drugs from the market and regulate the manufacture and sale of drugs and food involved in interstate trade. -
Social Gospel
Movement led by a group of liberal protestant progressives in response to the social problems increased by the gilded age -
initiative
certain number of voters may, by petition, propose a law and have it submitted to the voters -
Referendum
final approval to a popular vote by the electorate -
Recall-
Procedure for submitting to popular vote the removal of officials from office before the end of their term -
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Dollar Diplomacy
the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence. -
16th Amendment
The congress has power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source -
17th Amendment
The people have the power to elect State Senators -
Federal Reserve Act
act that created the federal reserve system, the central banking system of the united states, which was signed into law by woodrow wilson. it regulated banking to help smaller banks stay in business. -
18th Amendment
Liquor Abolished -
19th Amendment
Women’s Suffrage, women gain the right to vote -
Nativism
A policy of favoring US born people over people who were born in a different country. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of the interior
