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Susan B. Anthony
joined the womens rights movement and soon after dedicated her life to woman suffrage. -
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie took a job at a Pennsylvania railroad. He worked as the assistant and telegrapher to Thomas Scott, one of the railroads top officials. He then learned about the railroad industry and about business in general. Three years later, Carnegie was promoted to superintendent. -
Homestead Act
Any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. -
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Urbaniztion and Industrialization
Business and industrialization centered on the cities, the ever more increasing factories created an intense need for labor. The cities' rich inhabitants moved outside the city center to escape the overcrowded conditions. -
Civil service reform
Government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit. -
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Eugene V. Debs
Was elected as a democrat to the Indiana General Assembly. After working with several smaller unions, Debs was instrumental in the founding of the American Railway Union. -
Haymarket riot
Someone threw a bomb a bomb at police which caused a riot. At least eight people died, and eight labor activists were convicted. -
The Dawes Act
The Dawes Act allowed for the president to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals. -
Ida B. Wells
Journalist, who led an antilynching crusade in the U.S. Also went on to found and become integral in groups striving for African-Americans justice. -
William Jennings Bryan
Leading American politician, and a dominant force in the populist wing pf the democratic party. -
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populism and progressivism
progressivism- based on the idea that govn. could be used to better society.
populism- farmers, laborers, and middle class activists founded a political party named the peoples party.
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The Gilded Age
the period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath. It was a period of greed and guile, of rapacious robber barons, unscrupulous spectators, and corporate buccaneers, of shady business practices, scandal-plagued politics, and vulgur display. -
Clarence Darrow
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Political machine
a party organization, headed by a single boss or small autocratic group, that commands enough votes to maintain political and administrative control of a city, county, or state. -
Teddy Roosevelt
President McKinley was assasinated, so at age 42 Teddy Roosevelt was the youngest man to assume the U.S presidency. -
Upton Sinclair
Author of "The Jungle" which is a powerful naturalistic exposure of the wrethced sanitary and work conditions in the meat-packing industry. -
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Dollar Diplomacy
the goal of diplomacy was to create stability and order aboard that would best promote American commercial interests. -
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16th 17th 18th and 19th amendments
16th- authorized congress to levy an income tax
17th- gave the power to elect senators to people.
18th- prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcholic beverages
19th- gave women the right to vote
