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imigration
The movement of people from one place to another and it started way way back -
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susan b anthony
social reformer who helped in the women's suffrage movement -
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andrew carnegie
Scottis industrialist who brought the expansion of the American steel industry in the 19th century -
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eugene V debs
union leader and founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, -
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Clarence darrow
lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. -
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Theodore roosevelt
American politician, author, naturalist, soldier, explorer, and historian who served as the 26th President of the United States. -
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William jennings byan
He was a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's candidate for President of the United States -
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Jane adams
settlement social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. -
homestead act
certain people could file an application to claim a federal land grant. -
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Ida b wells
African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, -
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Urbanization and industrializaton
change from being an agricultural and pastoral society to a more industry based society. -
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the gilded age
period of greed and guile -
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Upton sinclair
American author who wrote nearly 100 books in many genres -
civil service reform
law established in 1883 that stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit -
Haymarket riot
Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. -
Dawes act
authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. -
poilitical mashine
organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses -
social gospel
Protestant Christian intellectual movement in the early 20th century -
Manifest destiny
belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. -
nativism
view that certain skills or abilities are "native" or hard-wired into the brain at birth. -
Pure food and drug act
law that provides federal inspection of meat products and prohibs sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous medicines. -
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Tea pot dome scandal
bribery incident that took place in the United States -
The american dream
The national ethos of america or idea brought up in 1931