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Susan B. Anthony
She was a women's rights and anti-slavery activist and devoted her life to promoting equality -
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Jane Addams
Fought for reform in Chicago and led one of the first settlement houses which provided education, child care, and cultural training to mostly immigrant neighborhoods -
Homestead Act
Granted families heading out west 160 acres of land as long as they lived on the land for 5 continuous years. -
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Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells was a black journalist who fought against lynching and fought for women's suffrage. She was also a founder of the NAACP -
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W. E. B. DuBois
A Black rights activist and a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) -
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Nativism
The political policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants of immigrants in the US -
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Political Machines
A large group that maintains political control for self-intrest in a city or state in the US -
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Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair was an American writer that pioneered "muckraking" journalism and wrote "The Jungle" which showed the unsanitary conditions in meat-packing facilities. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
A law ,signed by President Chester A. Arthur, prohibited all immigration from Chinese laborers -
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Muckraker
Journalists and writers in the Progressive Era that exposed corruption and wrongdoings in the US -
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Homestead Strike 1892
A violent labor protest from steelworkers in Pennsylvania that ended in 16 people killed and many injured -
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Klondike Gold Rush
When gold was discovered in Alaska, there were people who migrated to Alaska in search of gold -
Initiative
Citizens of the US can create a petition for the government to create a law or hold a public vote -
Referendum
People can vote for or against a law in the US if a public vote is put in place -
Recall
People of the US can create a petition to remove someone from public office -
16th Amendment
It allows Congress to levy an income tax without regards to state population -
18th Amendment
This amendment banned the manufacturing, sale, and transportation of alcohol -
19th Amendment
It gave women the right to vote