-
Nativism
the politicaal policy of promoting the intres of native inhabitants against immagrants -
Tenement
A tenement is a multi-occupancy building of any sort -
Bessemer Steel production
was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron -
Susan B Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. -
Andrew carnegie
After the Civil war, Carnegie invested in ironworks and built a steel mill in Pittsburgh, in 1892 Carnegie founded the Carnegie Steel Corp. -
Alexander Graham Bell
a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. -
Jacob Riis
Jacob August Riis was a Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. -
Jacob Riis
Jacob August Riis was a Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. -
Samual Gompers
Samuel Gompers was an English-born American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. -
Eugene V. Debs
was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. -
Clarence Darrow
He was an American lawyer, and also was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore was the 26th president of the United States, his presidential term lastest from September 14, 1901 though March 4, 1909 -
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan was an American politician from Nebraska, he started to be a domminant force in the Democratic party. -
Jane Addams
Jane was the leader of in the settlement house movement, she is also known as "Mother" of social work, and a leader in womans sufferage and world peace. -
Ida B. Wells
She was an African American investigavive journalist, teacher, leadr in the Civil Rights Monvemt. She was one of the founders for the Association for the Advancment of Colored People -
The Gilded age
was an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. -
Social Gospel
A reform movement led by Protestant ministers who used religious doctrine to demand better housing and living conditions for the urban poor. -
Labor Strikes
~Great Railroad strike 1877, started on July 14 cutting wages of workers for the third time in a year.
~Homestead Strike 1892, an industrial lockout and strike which began on July 1, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892.
~Pullman Strike 1894, The Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States that lasted from May 11 to July 20, 1894, and a turning point for US labor law -
Upton Sinclair
In his novel The Jungle, he described the unsanitary practices of the meat packing industries. -
settlement house
an institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community. -
Populism and Progressivism
both wanted to get rid of corrupt gov. members -
Haymarket Riot
The Haymarket affair was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday, May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago. It began as a peaceful rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour day and in reaction to the killing of several workers the previous day by the police -
Interstate Commerce act 1887
The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. The Act required that railroad rates be "reasonable and just," but did not empower the government to fix specific rates. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices -
Klondike Gold Rush
migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. -
Initiative, referendum, recall
three powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition, to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office -
Robber Barons (Captains of Industry)
Was a group of five people, who were, J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Andrew W. Mellon, Henry Ford, and John D. Rockefeller. -
Labor Unions
an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests. -
Industrialization
the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale. -
Pure food and Drug act
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws which was enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration -
Dollar Diplomacy
Dollar diplomacy of the United States—particularly during President William Howard Taft's term— 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
The Federal Reserve Act is an Act of Congress that created the Federal Reserve System, and which created the authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes as legal tender. -
16th Amendment
the 16th amendment established Congress's right to impose a Federal income Tax -
Muckraker
This term was used in the Progressive Era to give charachter to AMeircan journalists who attacked and delclared some leaders as corrupt. -
18th Amendment
The 18th amendment was the Prohibition of Liquor, after a year from the fatification of this, transporation and imtoxication liquors, the importion etc, was subject to the jurisdiciton thereof for beverages purpose is prohibited -
19th amendments
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921–1923 -
Political Machines
A political machine is a political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses -
17th Amendment
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
