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Susan B Anthony
Susan B Anthony was born on February 15, 1820. She played a very important part in the women's suffrage movement. -
Indian Removal
Indian removal was when the Americans decided to put the Indians onto reservations to continue the Manifest Destiny. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was born on September 25, 1835. In 1901, Andrew held the largest steel company in the industry. -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny was a movement that the United States used to move from coast to ccast. -
Eugene V. Debs
Eugene V. Debs was born on November 5, 1855. He was one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World. He was also an American union leader. -
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow was born on April 18, 1857. He was a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. -
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt was born October 27, 1858. He was the United States' twenty-sixth president. When at a press conference, he got shot. Thankfully, he had a long speech and it was in his jacket pocket. The notecards slowed down the bullet enough so that Teddy wasn't killed by the shot. He stood up there and just kept giving his speech. -
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was born March 19, 1860. In the later years of his life, he became a democratic polition. -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams was born September 6, 1860. She was, for the most part, a pioneer woman. She was an author, sociologist, and a leader in women's sufforage and world peace. -
Homestead Act
The Homestead Act said anyone who was faithful to the government and was not a minor could buy a land grant. -
Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells was born on July 15, 1852. She was a journalist and a writer. Later in life, she became an important part in the civil rights movement. -
Urbanization and Industrialization
Urbanization and Industrialization started with the Transcontinental back in 1863. Urbanization and Industrialization lasted until near the end of the "Roarin' Twenties". Urbanization and industrialization helped develop our country and caused many inventions we use frequently today, to be made. -
Political Machines
Political Machines were organizations who were in charge of smaller groups of people. -
Populism and Progressivism
Populism appeled to mainly the middle class and progressivism appeled to the higher class of people. They both had the same ideas, but progressivism did not confront social justice. -
Social Gospel
Social Gospel was a movement that tried to involve religion in social problems. -
The Gilded Age
During the Gilded Age, a lot of economic growth was going on. Wages for the workers and the industrialization both increased. -
Third Parties Politics
This political party failed to putpoll other political parties. This party was a third party and supported one party. -
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair was born on September 20, 1878. He was an all-known author. His most famous work is The Jungle. -
Immigration and the American Dream
Immigration is moving from a foreign country to live somewhere else permanently. The american dream was an American idea that basically stated we all have equal rights and everything is free. -
Nativism
Nativism is when immigrants start to move towards teh west and search for jobs. The Americans were scared the immigrants were gonna take their jobs so they began to fight against the immigrants's rights to move to the west. -
Civil Service Reform
Government jobs were to be handed out. Also, this reform stated that no one could be fired from their jobs. -
Haymarket Riot
The Haymarket Riot was a basically a bombing. People would throw bombs at the police and riots would begin to break out. -
Dawes Act
The Dawes Act was the act that placed indians on their reservations. The Dawes Act is the reason Native Americans don't have their own land. -
Muracker
A muracker was a journalist who used truth to expose corruption to the nation. -
The Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush was one of America's greatest gold rushes. It all started because three men were in Alaska and they came across gold. Soon enough, everyone began to move towards Alaska in hopes of getting gold. -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
Initiative is what allowes citizens to go past their legislation. Referendum appears on the ballot in voting. Recall is when the citizens decide to remove and replace their public official. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The pure food and drug act was basically an act that allowed the law to go into factories and inspect the conditions in the environment. -
Dollar Diplomacy
The dollar diplomacy basically stated that we could spread our influences to other countries. -
Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment was adopted February 3, 1913. It states that Congress can levy taxes. -
Seventeenth Amendment
The seventh amendment speaks about having two senators from each state represent that state when meetings are held to decide things. -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act helped set up the American banking system. -
Eighteenth Amendment
The eighteenth amendment was the prohibition of alcohol. What is ironic, is that more alcohol was consumed AFTER the prohibition. -
Nineteenth Amendmnet
The nineteenth amendment gave women the right to vote. This was a great step in creating equality amongst men and women. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome Scandal was exposed by a Wall Street journalist. This jounalist reported on a secret arrangement. This arrangement was said to be how the US Naval Petrolium preserve was leased to a privately owned oil company.
