Key Terms

  • Manifest Destiny

    Manifest Destiny

    Manifest Destiny was the expansion wesward.
  • Nativism

    Nativism

    Protecting native-born habits, but immigrants
  • Immigration

    Immigration

    The U.S. population incresed. Immigrants came to America to find new lives.
  • Populism and Progressivism

    Populism and Progressivism

    Late 19th to early 20th century. Progressivism was leaning more on uplifting the country by means of socio-economic and political reforms while populism was more anti-capitalistic that favored agrarianism while opposing drastic modernization.
  • Sufferage

    Sufferage

    The idea was to create a maternal commonwealth. Upper-middle-class women of the late 19th century were not content with the cult of domesticity of the early 1800s.
  • Susan B. Anthony

    Susan B. Anthony

    Campaigned for the abolition of slavery, the right for women to own their own property
  • Third Party Politics

    Third Party Politics

    Third parties face many obstacles in the United States. In all states, the Democratic and Republican candidates automatically get on the ballot, whereas third-party candidates usually have to get thousands of signatures on petitions just to be listed on the ballot.
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act

    The attempt to move indians to federal territory.
  • Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew Carnegie

    Owner of a successful steel company.
  • Eugene V. Debbs

    Eugene V. Debbs

    An American Union leader.
  • Teddy Roosevelt

    Teddy Roosevelt

    Served as the 26th president.
  • William Jennings Bryan

    William Jennings Bryan

    Leading American politician.
  • Jane Addams

    Jane Addams

    She was a womens right activist.
  • Homestead Act

    Homestead Act

    An act that allowed people to claim up to 160 acres of land for $10. If they stayed for 5 years the title was theirs
  • Ida B. Wells

    Ida B. Wells

    Leader in the Civil Rights movement
  • Political michines

    Political michines

    Political groups that gained power. Most used their power for currupt reasons.
  • Social Gospel

    Social Gospel

    The movement that strove to improve urban conditions through charity and justice. 1870 to 1920
  • Urbanization and Industrialization

    Urbanization and Industrialization

    Urbanization was the making of cities. Industrialization is the change from being an agricultural and pastoral society to a more industry based society. From 1870 to 1900
  • Muckracker

    Muckracker

    Exposer of corruption. There was a lot of corruption in political machines.
  • Upton Sinclair

    Upton Sinclair

    The Pure Food and Drug Act.
  • Civil Service Reform

    Civil Service Reform

    Refers to movements for the improvement of the civil service in methods of appointment, rules of conduct.
  • Haymarket Riot

    Haymarket Riot

    The aftermath of a bombing that took place at the labor demonstration.
  • The Gilded Age

    The Gilded Age

    The growth of industry and a wave of immigrants marked this period in American history. The production of iron and steel rose dramatically and western resources like lumber, gold, and silver increased the demand for improved transportation. Railroad development boomed as trains moved goods from the resource-rich West to the East.
  • The Dawes Act

    The Dawes Act

    An attempt to assimilate the Native Americans into American culture by giving them land to ranch, farm, and live on.
  • Klondike Gold Rush

    Klondike Gold Rush

    100,000 people migrated to Klondike to find gold like the California gold rush
  • Pure Food and Drug Act

    Pure Food and Drug Act

    Federal inspection of meat product. Susan B. Anthony was apart of this act.
  • Dollar Diplomacy

    Dollar Diplomacy

    To create stability and order abroad that would best promote American commercial interests.
  • Federal Reserve Act

    Federal Reserve Act

    Establish a form of economic stability through the introduction of the Central Bank, which would be in charge of monetary policy, into the United States.
  • 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th Amendments

    16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th Amendments

    Taxes, voting, acoholic beverages are prohibited, women can vote without being denied.
  • Tea Pot Dome Scandal

    Tea Pot Dome Scandal