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Klondike Gold Rush
Was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. -
Susan B Anthony
She was born February 15, 1920, in Adams, Massachusetts. She was an American social reformer who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Mostly known for women's rights. -
Indian Removal
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi. -
Andrew Carnegie
He was a Scottish American industrialist who led enormous expansion of the American steel industry. He was wealthy and famous. He was born to a poor Scottish family. By 1901, he was one of the richest man in the world. -
Immigration & the American Dream
The American Dream Is an Illusion. Immigration and Inequality. Immigrants is associate the American dream with opportunity, a good job and home ownership. -
Manifest Destiny
The widely held belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. -
Suffrage
The right to vote in political elections. -
Eugene V.Debbs
He was a political leader. He was elected to the Indiana State Assembly. In 1881 he was national secretary of the brotherhood. -
Clarence Darrow
American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. -
Teddy Roosevelt
Amercan politican, author, soldier, explorer and historian. He was the 26th president of the United States. Governor of New York in 1899-1900. Assistant secretary of the Navy in 1897-1898. -
William Jennings Bryan
American Politician. Mostly on the democratic's side. Democratic National Convention < -
Jane Addams
Leader in women's suffrage and world peace. Founded the Women's International League For Peace and Freedom in 1919. She was also an author and social worker. -
Homestead Act
The Homestead Act, enacted during the Civil War in 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S -
Ida B. Wells
She was an African American journalist. She was also an early leader in the civil rights movement. -
The Gilded Age
The late 19th century, from the 1870s to about 1900... characterized by a greatly expanding economy. -
Social Gospel
Religious social-reform movement that was prominent from about 1870 to 1920 -
Urbanization & Industrialization
Predominantly results in the physical growth or the urban. Industrialization.... economic change. -
Upton Sinclair
Famous novelist who wrote nearly 100 books in different genres. He was an idealistic supporter of socialism. Became famous for his for his muckracking novel -
Haymarket Riot
The aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago. -
The Dawes Act
Approved on February 8, 1887, "An Act to Provide for the Allotment of Lands in Severalty to Indians on the Various Reservations," known as the Dawes Act. -
Nativism
A policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants -
Muckraker
Refers to reform-minded journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines and continued a tradition of investigative journalism reporting; muckrakers often worked to expose social ills and corporate and political corruption. -
Populism & Progressivism
Progressivism : Democratic reforms of governmen -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
Initiative
Initiative is the power to propose new legislation. To place an initiative on the ballot, petitions must be filed with a specified number of signatures. Referendum
Referendum is the power to reject or overturn legislative actions taken by the Council. If a petition with the required number of valid signatures is filed within 30 days after the Council action, the ordinance is suspended from becoming effective pending the outcome of the election. Recall
Recall is the power to remove -
Pure Food and Drug Act
United States federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture. -
16th Amendment
Sold to the American public so that the wealthy had to pay their share. Allows congress to levy an income tax. -
17th amendment
Established direct election. Senators were elected by state legislatures. Passed by congress. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy is the effort of the United States—particularly over President William Howard Taft—to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia. -
Federal Reserve Act
Act of Congress that created and set up the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes and Federal Reserve Bank Notes as legal tender. -- President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act into law. -
18th amendment
Prohibit manufacture, sale, transport, import, or export of alcoholic beverages. -
19th amendment
The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
U.S. history, oil reserve scandal that began during the administration of President Harding. -
Political Machines
U.S. politics, a party organization, headed by a single boss or small autocratic group, that commands enough votes to maintain political. -
Civil Service Reform
Civil Service Reform Act was significant because it stated that emloyees of the federal goverment have "the right to get invloved, join, assist or not to assist any working organization. -
Third Parties Politics
This term is used in the United States for any and all political parties in the United States other than one of the two major parties (Republican Party and Democratic Party).
