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Nativism
Its a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants. A lot of nativism happened after the huge a migration of Irish Catholics came into the U.S. during the Potato Famine in the mid 19th century. -
Civil Service Reform
It was a big issue in the 19th century and in the 20th century it was less of an issue. Proponents denounced the distribution of office by the winners of elections to their supporters as corrupt and inefficient. They demanded nonpartisan scientific methods and credential be used to select civil servants. -
Indian Removal
he Removal Act was strongly supported by non-native people in the South, who were eager to gain access to lands inhabited by the Five Civilized Tribes. In particular, Georgia, the largest state at that time, was involved in a contentious jurisdictional dispute with the Cherokees. President Jackson hoped removal would resolve the Georgia crisis. The Removal Act was strongly supported by non-native people in the South, who were eager to gain access to lands inhabited by the Five Civilized Tribes. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie led a big expansion of the American Steele Industry. He was one of the highest philanthropists of his era and he gave away most of his money to charities. -
Sufferage
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise distinct from other rights to vote is the right to vote gained through the democratic process. The right to run for office is sometimes called candidate eligibility, and the combination of both rights is sometimes called full suffrage. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Was the 26th president of the US. He was a Politician, author, naturalist, soldier, explorer, and historian. He founded the Progressive Party insurgency of 1912 and a leader of the Republican party. Roosevelt was elected Governor of New York and then was a nominee for Vice President. -
Jane Addams
She was a social worker, public philosopher, sociolgist, author, and a leader in womens sufferage and world peace. She was one of the most prominent reformers of the progressive era. In 1931 she became the first American women to be awarded the Nobel Prize. She founed the social work profession in the US. -
Homestead Act
In the western United States the Home Stead Act allowed any American, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. -
Haymarket Riot
A labor protest rally near Chicago’s Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence. Even though there was a lack of evidence against them, eight radical labor activists were convicted in connection with the bombing. -
Dawes Act
The US Congress provided 160 acres to Native Americans. The act established a trust fund to collect and distribute proceeds from oil, mineral, timber, and grazing leases on Native American lands. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The main purpose was to ban foreign and interstate traffic in adulterated or mislabeled food and drug products -
The sixteenth amendment
The 16th amendment established Congress's right to impose a Federal income tax. -
The Seventeenth Amendment
It allowed voters to cast direct votes for U.S. Senators. Before the Senators were passed by the legistlators. -
The eighteenth Amendment
It prohibited the making, transporting, and selling of alcoholic beverages. As of the result it provided decades of effort by the temperance movement in the United States and at the time was generally considered a progressive amendment. -
Teapot Dome Scandel
It was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1920 to 1923. The Teapot Dome was nicknamed as the "greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics". Iy was about the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of the interior, Albert Bacon Fall.