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Nativism
Nativism is th policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
Suffrage
Suffrage is the right to vote in political elections. This mainly came into play when women were fighting for their rights. -
Susan B. Anthony
Susan was known for suffragist, women's rights advocate, & abolitionist. Susan was born in Adams, Massachusetts. & die in Rochester, New York. -
Indian Removal
This was an ethnic policy in the 19th century to clean out the Indians from the east and west. The Indian Act was signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28,1830. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was Scottish. Mr. Carnegie was an American industrialist who collected a fortune in the steel industry and later became a big time philanthropist. -
Eugene V. Debbs
Mr. Debs was raised in the small midwestern city of Terre Haute, in Indiana, where his parents operated a grocery store. In 1875, Mr. Debbs was elected secretary to the Terre Haute lodge if the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. -
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow was an american lawyer. He was mostly known for protecting teenage thrill killers by the name of Leopold and Loeb. -
Political Machines
Political Machines is an organization which a boss or small cooperation that comands the support of a corps of supporters an d business that usually recieve awards for their efforts. -
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt also known as "T.R." was many things. T.R. was an author, naturalist, soildier, explorer, and historian who was also the 26th president of the United States. -
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was a leading politician until he died. Serving two terms of the member of the United States House of representatives. -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams lived in Cedarville, Illinois. Jane Addams was eight out of nine children born. Jane Addams was a social reformer and feminist during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. -
Homestead Act
The Homestead Act was the opening up of settlement to all people allowing them to have up to 160 acres of federal land. -
Ida B. Wells
Ida was an African American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, and so much more. She documented the lynching in the United States. -
Social Gospel
Social Gospel is a religious social- reform movement that was prominent especially along the liberal Protestant Groups. -
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The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age was one of the most dynamic, contentious, and volatile periods in American History. This time period was glittering and perfect on the surface, but corrupt underneath. -
Manifest Destiny
This was the period in time where American expansion occurred. All people of the east moved west for more opportunities. -
Upton Sinclair
Upton was an author who wrote books in over 100 genres. Upton wrote a book called "The Jungle" in 1906. Upton was a Novelist, writer, journalism, political activist, & politician. -
Civil Service Reform
The Civil Service Reform is a federal law that stipulated that government jobs should get an awar on the basis of merit. -
Haymarket Riot
A labor protest rally was gathering in Chicago when a person threw a bomb at the police. The result of this was killing 8 people and the people were labeled labor activists. -
The Dawes Act
The Dawes Act was where the President was allowed to pick a big land to put Indians, but they were allowed to choose where they settled in the area. -
Klondike Gold Rush
On the settlement between Seattle and San Francisco, thousans of prospectors rush up the mountains to get their hands on gold. -
Third Parties Politics
A third party is any party contending for votes that failed to out poll either of its two strongest rivals. -
Muckraker
Muckraker is a person who looks around and publishes a public individual's personal life for money. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Dollar diplomacy is the use of a country's financial power to extend its internal influence. -
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Initiative, Referendum, Recall
These three powers reserved to enable the voters to propose or repel legislation or to remove an elected official from office. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
This is a United States law that provided federal inspection of manufactured foods and how they are processed. -
16th Amendment
The 16th Amendment allows congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census. -
17th Amendment
The 17th Amendment elected senators by popular vote. -
Federal Reserve Act
This act was intended to establish a form of economic stability through the introduction of the Central Bank. -
18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment effectively established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring illegal the production -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
This was a scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. -
Immigration & the American Dream
Immigration & the American Dream is a group of ethos in the Untied States -
Urbanization & Industrialization
This is when the businesses got an increased number of factories. As a result, the United States transformed from an agrarian to an urban nation, and the demographics of the country shifted dramatically. -
Populism & Progressivism
The standard conception of 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.
