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Suffrage
The right to vote. Women's suffrage is one of the biggest suffrage movements during this time and suffrage is still on going today. -
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THird Parties Politics
Third party is not as popular as the first two, Democracts and Republicans, the third party rarely ever gets on the ballots let alone get someone elected. -
Indian Removal Act
Unsettled lands were given to the Indians in able to get them out of the settled states, with the rest of the general populations. -
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Manifest Destiny
It is our right to expand our population/civilization to other parts of the nation. -
Susan B. Anthony
Joined the Women's Suffrage Movement and became the leader and she pushed for women's labor organizations, she also helped women get in to college. -
Clarence Darrow
He was the leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. He was best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks. -
Homestead Act
The Homestead was an act that said that anyone who didn't go against the government, including freed slaves and women, were allowed to file for land. -
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Gilded Age
There was a growth of industry and a lot of immigrants coming into the United States. Having the railroad built made the economy boom during this time. -
Eugene V. Debbs
He was a labor organizer and a socailist leader. He resisted industrial organizations. -
Ida B. Wells
She was the first African American journalist. She was borna slave and led the anti-lynching crusade. She saw the injustice that was being done and published it in papers to get attentions for it and she striced for African American rights. -
Haymarket Riot
Was a labor protest which turned into a riot when someone threw a bomb at the police. This viewed as a setback for the labor movement, which was fighting for an eight hour work day. -
The Dawes Act
An act made to help Native Americans be seen as individuals and not just tribes. It split reservations into seperate lands for Native Americans. -
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Klondike Gold Rush
Gold was found in a creek near Dawson and a rush of people came wanting wealth and riches came to that area. -
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Social Gospel
LIberal movement with the American Protestants to use biblical teaching for problems involving industrialization. -
Upton Sinclair
He wrote the book "The Jungle" exposing working conditions in the meat packing industry, which later lead to the Pure Food and Drug Act. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
An Act that was passed by the government that food was to be inspected and no poisionous food or medicines were allowed to be put in store or even manufactured. -
Federal Reserve Act
The U.S government created the Federal Reserve Act to create stability in the economy. -
Andrew Carnegie
American industrialist that became a major philanthropist. He had a major steel company in the early 1870's and became the world's richest man. -
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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Jane Addams
Jane Addams was a Women's Right Activist and an Anti-War Activist. She was the president of the Women's International League of Peace and Freedom. She won a nobel peace prize.
