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andew carnegie
Andrew Carnegie. The Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie was the leader of the American steel industry from 1873 to 1901. He donated large sums of his fortune to educational, cultural, and scientific -
16th amendments
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. -
robber barons captains of industry
America's Gilded Age: Robber Barons and Captains of Industry. Captains of Industry and Robber Barons. The wealthy elite of the late 19th century consisted of industrialists who amassed their fortunes as robber barons and captains of industry. John D. Rockefeller. Andrew Carnegie. J.P. Morgan. Henry Ford. -
tea pot domme scandal
The "Teapot Dome Scandal" was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921–1923. -
social gospel
The Social Gospel was a movement in North American Protestantism that applied Christian ethics to social problems, especially issues of social justice such as economic inequality, poverty, alcoholism, crime, racial tensions, slums, unclean environment, child labour, inadequate labour unions, poor school -
17 amendments
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. … More -
19th amendments
he right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation -
18th amendments
The Eighteenth Amendment (Amendment XVIII) of the United States Constitution effectively .... The Volstead Act set the starting date for nationwide prohibition for January 17, 1920, which was the earliest date allowed by the 18th amendment. -
pure food and drug act
Excerpt from the 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.