The Birth Of Modern America

Susan B. Anthony

Period: Feb 15, 1820 to Mar 13, 1906

Supporter of womens suffarage and member of American Anti-Slavery Society.

Homestead Act

May 20, 1820

Indian Removal Act

May 28, 1830

Signed by President Andrew Jackson. The removal of indian tribes in federal territory in exchange for their homelands

Navitism

Jan 1, 1850

increase in nativism began in late 20's

Clarance Darrow

Period: Apr 18, 1857 to Mar 13, 1913

Lawyer, leader of American Civil Liberties Union, and once arrested for defending Eugene V. Debs.

Teddy Roosevelt

Oct 17, 1858

Day he became the U.S President

William Jennings Bryan

Period: Mar 19, 1860 to Jul 26, 1925

Presidency candidate 3 times.
Aided congress in passing the 18th Amendment.

Industrilization and Urbanization

Period: Jan 1, 1865 to Dec 31, 1895

Age of Political Machine

Period: Jan 1, 1865 to Dec 31, 1900

Social Gospel Movement

Period: Jan 1, 1870 to Dec 31, 1920

a Protestant Christian intellectual movement

The Gilded Age

Period: Jan 1, 1877 to Dec 31, 1919

U.S Immagration Increas

Period: Jan 1, 1880 to Jul 28, 1920

Eugene V. Debs

Jun 9, 1885

lected Indiana State Assembly.

Haymarket Riot

May 4, 1886

violent confrontation between police and labour protesters

The Dawes Act

Feb 8, 1887

The Progressive Era

Period: Jan 1, 1890 to Dec 31, 1920

A period when social activism and political reform was abundent in society

Klondike Gold Rush

Period: Jan 1, 1896 to Dec 31, 1899

Migration of prospectors headed towards north-western Canada

First Muckraker strike

Jan 13, 1901

Andrew Carnegie sold the Carnegie Steel Company to John Pierpont Morgan for $480 million dollars.

Feb 26, 1901

"The Jungle" was published (Upton Sinclair)

Feb 26, 1906

Pure Food and Drug Act

Jun 30, 1906

banned foreign, mislabeled food and drugs

16th Amendment

Feb 3, 1913

Gave Congress power to collect taxes on all income.

!7th Amendment

Apr 8, 1913

Granted citizens the right to elect senators.

Federal Reserve Act

Dec 23, 1913

Federal reserve system

!8th Amendment

Jan 16, 1919

prohibiting import, export, and sale of all alcoholic beverages.

Ida B. Wells

Jan 1, 1920

carried out anti lynching crusades

19th Amendment

Aug 18, 1920

Rights to women suffarage

Jane Addams

Dec 10, 1935

First women to earn the Nobel Peace Prize

The Libertarian Party

Dec 11, 1971

Formed by David F. Nolan as a third party in politics.