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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. -
Populism and Progressivism
The populist movement started during he 1800's. Farmers or those associated with agriculture believed industrialists and bankers controlled the government and making the policy against the farmers. -
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Susan B. Anthony
An American social reformer and women's rights advocate who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement . -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine is the best know U.S policy towards the western hemisphere. Buried in a routine annual message delivered to congress by President James Monroe in December 1823, the doctrine warns European nations that the United Sates would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs. -
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Andrew Carnegie
Scottish American industrialist who led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. Identified as one of the richest Americans ever. -
Indian Removal
Indian removal was an policy of the United States government in the 19th century whereby Native Americans were forcibly removed from their ancestral homelands in the eastern United States to lands west of the Mississippi River, thereafter known as Indian territory. -
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Eugene V. Debs
An American union leader, one of the founding members of the industrial workers of the world. And five times a candidate of the Socialist Party of America for president of the Unites States. -
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Clarence Darrow
An American lawyer, leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and prominent advocate for Gerogist economic reform. -
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Theodore Roosevelt
An American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901-1909 -
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William Jennings Bryan
An American orator and politician from Nebraska, and a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the parties nominee for president of the United States -
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Jane Addams
A pioneer, American settlement activist/reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in the women's suffrage and world peace. -
Homestead Act
Signed into law by president Abraham Lincoln. It encouraged western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid small filling fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence. -
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Ida B. Wells
An African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist Gerogist, and an early leader in the Civil Rights movement. -
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Upton Sinclair
An American writer of almost 100 books and other works across a number of genres. His work was well known and popular in the first half of the 20th century, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1943. -
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
A United States federal law signed by president Chester A. Arthur. It was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in the U.S history, prohibiting immigration of Chinese laborers. -
Haymaket Riot
The Haymarket affair was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday 4, 1886 at Haymarket square in Chicago. -
Dawes Act
The Dawes act was adopted by congress in 1887, authorized the president of the United States to survey American indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual indians. -
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Yellow Journalism
Yellow Journalism as a style of of journalism that presents little to no legitimate well-researched news and instead used eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. Some of the techniques they used were: exaggerations, or scandal-mongering topics. -
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Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike gold rush was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896-1899 -
Manifest Destiny
A 19th century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the United States throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. -
Political Machine
No specific date, but a political machine is a political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses, who receive rewards for their efforts. -
Political Machine
No specific date, but a political machine is a political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses, who receive rewards for their efforts. -
Dollar Diplomacy
No date, but dollar diplomacy is the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence -
Social Gospel
Christian faith practiced as a call not just to personal conversion but to social reform. -
Nativism
The policy of protecting the interest of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
Industrialization
Industrialization is the process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods. Individuals manual labor is often replaced by merchandized mass production, and craftsmen are replaced by assembly lines. -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
Initiative, referendum, and recall are three powers reserved to enable the voters, by partition to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office. Proponents an initiative, referendum, or recall effort must apply for an official petition serial number form the Town Clerk. -
Urbanization
No specific date for this, but urbanization is when populations of people grow, the population of a place may spill over from city to nearby areas. The social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban. -
Robber Baron
An unscrupulous plutocrat, especially an American capitalist who acquired a fortune in the late nineteenth century by ruthless means. -
Bessemer Process
A steel-making process, now largely superseded i which carbon, silicon, and other impurities are removed from molten pig iron by oxidation in a blast of air in a special tiling retort. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The pure food and drug act prevented the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous foods, drugs, medicines, or liquors and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. -
16th Amendment
Passed by the congress July 2, 1909, but ratified February 3, 1913. The 16th amendment changed the portion of article 1 section 9. The congress should have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived. -
Federal Reserve Act
The federal reserve act is an act of congress that created and established the Federal Reserve system, the central banking system of the United States, and which created the authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes -
18th Amendment
The 18th amendment established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United Sates by declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. -
19th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any Senate on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. -
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Teapot Dome Scandal
The teapot dome scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the cited States from 1921 to 1922, during the administration of president Warren G. Harding. -
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The Gilded Age
The gilded age was an era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West. As American wages were much higher than those in Europe, especially for skilled workers, the period saw an influx of millions of European immigrants. -
Muckrakers
Muckrakers were the name given to US journalists and other writers who exposed corruption in politics and businesses in the early 20th century. The term was first used by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.
