Gilded Age & Progressive Era

  • 16th Amendments

    16th Amendments

    The 16th amendment basically lets the government collect tax from all amricans
  • 19th Amendments

    19th Amendments

    The right of citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any state on account of sex
  • Ida B. Wells

    Ida B. Wells

    She was a voice in the social reform movement wanted to end lynching (murder by hanging) it was one of the main tactics to terrorize African Americans
  • Nativism

    Nativism

    The dislike of foreigners
  • Susan B. Anthony

    Susan B. Anthony

    She was a prominent reformer who attempted to vote in Rochester, New York but in 1874 the Supreme Court ruled that although women were citizens they could not vote.
  • Haymarket riot

    Haymarket riot

    It was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration at Haymarket square in chicago
  • Interstate Commerce Act

    Interstate Commerce Act

    This federal law prohibited unfair prices by railroads, such as charging for shorter routes
  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Sherman Antitrust Act

    The purpose of this federal law was to stop monopolies in engaging in unfair practices that prevented fair competition it marked a significant change in the attitude of congress toward the abuses of big business
  • Andrew Carniage

    Andrew Carniage

    He was Scottish immigrant who became one of America's richest and most powerful men he first worked in a cotton mill later on he worked on a telegraph operator for a railroad.
    After the civil war he invested in ironwork and built a steel mill to sell iron and steel he founded Carnegie Steel Corporation in 1892.
  • William Jennings Bryan

    William Jennings Bryan

    He was an american orator as well and politician from nebraska
  • Klondike Gold Rush

    Klondike Gold Rush

    Was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors from the Klondike region to western Canada
  • Muckracker

    Muckracker

    This term was used in the Progressive Era to characterize reform-minded American journalists who attacked and established institutions
  • Robber Barons (Captains of Industry)

    Robber Barons (Captains of Industry)

    A person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices
  • Federal Reserve Act

    Federal Reserve Act

    Was an act of congress that created the Federal System which created the authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes
  • Social Gospel

    Social Gospel

    A new social movement emerged that was spearheaded by protestant clergymen
  • Bessemer steel production

    Bessemer steel production

    Was the first expensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open heart furnace
  • Gilded Age

    Gilded Age

    From 1865 to 1900 entrepreneurs were able to become really wealthy by lowering priced goods, making them more affordable while improving their quality
  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt

    He believed in a progressive movement such as Robert LaFollete he was the 26th President of the U.S. from 1901-1909
  • Upton Sinclair

    Upton Sinclair

    In his novel 'The Jungle' he described the unsanitary practices of the meat-packing industry
  • Pure food and Drug act

    Pure food and Drug act

    This simply regulated the preparation of foods and the sale of medicines
  • Jacob Riis

    Jacob Riis

    Was a social reformer, "muckracking" journalist and social documentary photographer he came to the U.S. at age 21
  • 18th Amendents

    18th Amendents

    Prohibition of manufacturing alcohol as well as transporting it
  • Settlement House

    Settlement House

    An institution in an inner-city area providing educational,recreational, and other social services to the community
  • Political Machines

    Political Machines

    A small group or a boss that told their workers of the machine what to do most of the time they provided jobs for immigrants
  • Jane Addams

    Jane Addams

    She was a leader in the settlement house movement also known as the Hull House
  • Tea Pot Dome Scandal

    Tea Pot Dome Scandal

    It was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States president Warren G. Harding
  • Clarence Darrow

    Clarence Darrow

    Scopes "Monkey Trial" it drew nationwide attention for pitting older religious beliefs against new scientific theories the state was represented by William Jennings Bryan as a prosecutor and the attorney was Clarence Darrow who defended Scopes that trial (Scopes) became nationwide over the radio.
  • Eugene V. Debbs

    Eugene V. Debbs

    He was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, and one of the founding members of the Industrial workers of the world as well as a 5x candidate of the socialist party.
  • 17th Amendments

    17th Amendments

    The senate of the United States is composed of two Senators from each state elected by the people each senator has one vote