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Susan B. Anthony
At the age 17 she becaome theNew York state agentfor the American Anit-Slavery Society -
Andrew Carnegie
Camegie invested in lots of ventures like iron and oil companies. He made his first fourtune in his early 30s. -
Eugene V. Debs
He founded the American Railway Union (ARU) -
Clarence Darrow
he was a lawyer. He defended teenage thrill killeres leopold and leob in their trial for killing 14-year-old Robert Franks -
Teddy Roosevelt
He was the 26 president of the United States of America.
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William Jennings Bryan
he was a dominat force in the populist wing of the democratic party. he stood 3 times as the party's canidate for preswident of the US -
Jane Addams
She was a leader in womens suffrage and world peace.She also became the first American women to recieve the Noble Peace Prize -
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Political Machine
The most famous example of this is William M Tweed,from around 1860 till 1872, he ran a poloticle machine that had control of New York City's government -
Homestead Act
it was a law that gave a applicant land at little or no cost -
Ida B. Wells
she was an African-American journalist and early leader in the civil rights movement -
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Urbanization & Industrialization
Does not have day and month only year
US became the worlds foremost industrial nation -
Upton Sinclair
He became popular after he published his book "The Jungle" -
The Dawes Act
Its an act to provide allotment of lands in severalty to indidans -
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Dollar Diplomacy
It is the effort of the US to further aim in latian America and East Asia though use of tthr economic powwer by gaurenteeing loans -
16th admendment
the congress has the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes from whatever thing they like -
17th amendment
the senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years and each senator shall have one vote. -
18th amendment
the making ,selling and transporting intoxication liquors is prohibited. it is inoperative unless it is ratified -
19th Amendment
th rights for citizens to vote including women -
Civil Service Reform
this refers to movements for the improvement of the civil service in methods of appointment