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The Gilded Age and Progressive era- Unit 2

  • Nativism

    It is a policy that favors native born people than immigrants
    (1830 and 1840, and around the time of ww1)
  • Homestead Act

    The government was going to give 160 acres of federal land to whomever would farm the land.
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    It was an act that basically excluded the Chinese. B/c of political reasons and social reasons.
  • Muckraker

    A muckraker was a group of writers that exposed the truth in how organizations where ran or the conditions they where in. Like businesses that handle food.
  • Homestead Strike 1892

    Was a labor dispute against the Carnegie steel company and its workers.
  • Klondike Gold Rush

    A family found gold near the Klondike river in Canada's Yukon territory. After this several miners went to go find gold.
  • Referendum

    Voters can disprove a law passed by the legislature
  • Initiative

    Voters can vote to change a law, remove a law, or take an official out of office.
  • Recall

    voters have the power to remove an official from office
  • Ida B. Wells

    She was an African-American journalist and activist who led an anti-Lynching crusade in the U.S. (lynching was a tool to repress African Americans.)
  • Political Machines

    Tweed was a big part in this, he corrupted the voting system and took a lot of money and paid people off to get what he wanted. But whoever had the most votes would have control over political or government in a city, county, or state.
  • Upton Sinclair

    He was a muckraker and wrote a book and was well know for a style of journalism. He exposed the truths of industry's and how things where handled.
  • Susan B. Anthony

    She helped with anti slavery and with women's rights. She also gave several speeches.
  • W. E. B. DuBois

    He created the National association for the advancement of colored people. (NAACP) he was an important black protest leader.
  • 16th Amendment

    It allows congress to levy a tax on income from any source without apportioning it among the states and without regard to the census.
  • 18th Amendment

    Was a law that made drinking illegal. You couldn't drink, sell, or buy it.
  • 19th Amendment

    Women where allowed to vote. the law is that you can vote regardless of sex.
  • Jane Addams

    She was an activist for women rights and helped with pushing for women's rights and the late 19th century and early 20th century.