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Industrialization
Development of industries on a wide scale -
Bessemer Steel Production
Steel production became more economical -
Nativism
Certain skills and abilities that are native at birth -
Political Machines
A boss commands the support of a corps of supporters and business who receive rewards for theirs. -
The Gilded Age
The rich got richer and the poor remained poor, greedy, corrupt industrialists, bankers, and politicians enjoyed wealth. -
Susan B. Anthony
Women's suffrage, voted in the 1872 election got arrested. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Invented the telephone -
Labor Strikes
A work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. -
Settlement Houses
They provided a safe for the poor to receive medical -
Labor Unions
Samuel Gompers founded the union in 1886, seeking better wages, working conditions, shorter working days, and the creation of all-union workplaces for its members. -
Haymarket Riot
A rally near Chicago's haymarket square turned into a riot after there was a bomb thrown at police. Labor activists were to blame. -
Interstate Commerce Act
The railroads are subject to the federal regulation -
Jane Adams
Leader in the settlement house movement and she founded Hull House -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Outlawed monopolistics business practices. -
Robber Barons
Businessmen accused of using immoral methods to get rich -
Tenement
Apartments occupied by families in poverty -
Jacob Riis
How the other half lives his photographs showed poverty in urban areas. -
Populism and Progressivism
Populism: a movement for the common man
Progressivism: a movement for social, economical and political reform. -
Ida B Wells
African American leader who worked to end lynching.(killing by hanging) -
Andrew Carnegie
He was a telegraph operator for a railroad. -
Klondike Gold Rush
Thousands of people traveled to Alaska and the yukon territory dreaming of a better life. -
William Jennings Bryan
Unlimited coinage of silver, direct election of senators. -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
Powers reserved to voters to propose or repeal an elected official from office. -
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President. -
Muckraker
Group of investigative reporters, writers, and social scientists. -
Upton Sinclair
Wrote a novel called "Jungle" that described the unsanitary practices of the meat packing industry. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Prevented the manufacture, sale, of transportation of misbraned foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors. -
Social Gospel
Protestant ministers called for social reforms such as the abolition of child labor -
Dollar Diplomacy
Financial power to extend international influence. -
Federal Reserve Act
Created to regulate the amount of money in circulation -
18th Amendment
Prohibited intoxicating liquors -
19th Amendment
No state could deny a citizen the vote on the basis of their sex -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
The secretary of interior leased oil rich government land at teapot dome in exchange for personal bribes. -
Samuel Gompers
Union leader, president of the american federation of labor -
Clarence Darrow
Represent scopes at the "Monkey Trial" on evolution in 1925 -
Eugene V Debbs
Founding member of the industrial workers of the world -
17th Amendment
Direct election for U.S. senators -
16th Amendment
gave congress the power to tax personal income
