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Political Machine
City government were often run by corrupt political machine -
Alexander Graham Bell
A educator of the deaf and he invented the telephone -
Nativism
A dislike of foreigners -
Ida B Wells
She was one of the main tactics used to terrorize African Americans in the south. -
The gilded Age
Entrepreneurs reaped huge profits for themselves, which created wealth. -
Susan B Anthony
A reformer, she tried to vote in New York and she was a citizen and she had the right because of the 14th amendment. She was not allowed to vote though -
Industrialization
The gilded age was basically the economic growth. The united states jumped to the lead in the industrialization ahead of Britain. -
Samuel Gompers
He was founded American Federation of labor -
Bessemer Steel Production
The Bessemer made the production of steel more economical. Before it, it took a whole day to produce 5 tons of steel. -
Settlement House
A downtown area providing a education as well as other social thing for people. -
Haymarket Riot
The Haymarket affair a bombing that took place at a labor demonstrating in 1886 -
Sherman Antitrust Act
the purpose of the federal law was to stop monopolies engaging in unfair practices that prevented fair competition -
Interstate Commerce Act
The court ruled that only the congress had the power to regulate interstate commerce. -
Jane Addams
She described the main purpose of a settlement house as being to "help the Foregein born conserve the value of their past life and bring them into contact with better class of Americans" -
Andrew Carnegie
He worked his way up from penniless Scottish immigrants to one of the American's richest and powerful men. -
Labor Strikes
The homestead act stated that any citizen could occupy 160 acres of land -
William Jenning Bryan
He delivered a speech at the convention, The cross of gold speech -
Klondike Gold Rush
It was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in North Western Canada. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Governors like Theodore in New York similarly took steps to free their state government from corrupton -
Muckraker
Progressive era to characterize reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions. -
Social Gossip
The movement called for social reforms including the abolition of child labor -
Pure Food And Drugs
An act for preventing sale or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors. -
jacob Riis
A danish- American social reformer, jounalist and social documentary photographer. -
Upton Sinclair
In the jungle described the unsanitary practices of meat packing industry. -
Dollar Diplomacy
It was promoted Americans foreign policy goals. -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
Three powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition, to propose or repeal legislation. -
17 Amendment
Senator were elected directly by the people. -
16 Amendment
Allows the congress to charge a income tax without diving it among the states -
Federal Reserve act
The act reformed the banking industry by establishing 12 regional federal reserve banks. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
The teapot dome scandal, uncovered just after harding death in 1923 -
Clarence Darrow
Represented scopes at the monkey trail on evolution -
Eugene V Debbs
An American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World -
Tenement
Single room apartments often without heat or lighting. -
18 Amendment
To forbid liquors in the United States by announcing the production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal. -
19 amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. -
Robber Barons
They call him Robber Barons because of the ruthless tactics they use to destroy competition and to keep their workers wages low.
