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The congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without apportionment among the several states, without regard to any census or enumeration.
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1)A procedure by which a legislative measure can be originated by the people rather than by lawmakers. 2)A procedure by which a proposed legislative measure can be submitted to a vote of the people. 3)A procedure for removing a public official from office by a vote of the people
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Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish American industrialist and entrepreneur. He had an major role in the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.
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It was invented by Henry bessemer patented in 1855,first inexpensive industrial process for mass production of steel from molten pig iron.
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controlled the activities of political parties in the city.Ward bosses, precinct captains, and the city boss worked to 1) Ensure that their candidates were elected 2) Make sure that city government worked to their advantage.
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Refers to the decades between the end of reconstruction and the turn of the century.Time period of industrial growth, Population increase: waves of immigrants, production of steel and increased.
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Bell and his family emigrated to CanadaBell moved to the United States, where he taught speech to deaf students. While in the U.S. Bell invented and improved a number of electrical technologies.
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He studied law and started practicing in 1878 in Chicago he was well known for his speech and quick wit in the court room, Was born in Ohio, USA, in. 1857
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Jane Addams was The founder of Hull House, which that provided English lessons for immigrants, daycares, and child care classes.
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Laborers thought they deserved fair wages and decent working conditions.Laborers joined together to improve the situation.
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when middle-class London reformers established Toynbee Hall, the first settlement house, in East London to provide social services and education to the poor workers who lived there.
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was an English-born American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor and served as the organization's
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Congress passed this law at the behest of farmers who sought to forbid price discrimination and other monopolistic practices of the railroads. The commission created by this law had no real power until the Theodore Roosevelt administration, though.
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Born into slavery, she was a teacher, editor of newspaper(Crusade for justice),documented lynching in the U.S, and active in women's suffrage movement.
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Democratic candidate ran for president most famously in 1896 . His goal of "free silver" won him the support of the Populist Party. Though a gifted orator, he lost the election to Republican William McKinley.He made his mark as a leader of the fundamentalist cause and prosecuting attorney in the Scopes Monkey Trial.
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A late 19th century political movement demanding that people have a greater voice in government and seeking to advance the interests of farmers and laborers
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One hundred thousand went on a journey to join the gold rush, only thirty thousand made it to the Klondike, miners traveled to Alaska, Klondike region of Canada and Yukon territories
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ne of the powerful 19th-century U.S. industrialists and financiers who made fortunes by monopolizing huge industries through the formation of trusts, engaging in unethical business practices, exploiting workers, and paying little heed to their customers or competition.
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He was the 26th president of the United States,and hero of the Spanish American war, Panama Canal canal was built during his administration
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He was the son of poor immigrants, eventually worked his way up to become the head of the American railway union. Imprisoned for his role in the pullman strike
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immigrants led to a massive increase in the number of slums in the U.S cities.tenements-cheaply built apartments buildings- were often overcrowded and lacked many necessities.
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Was a famous Muckraker, wrote the jungle, expose unsanitary conditions of the meat packing industry,Greatly influenced others to investigate businesses.
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American reformer and leader of the women suffrage movement. was born in Adams, MA, Daughter of Daniel Anthony, Quaker abolitionist.
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It was a group of journalist who uncovered the problems of American society and wrote about them.They were the people who changed the U.S during the progressive era.Through books, newspaper and magazine articles, and photos, they exposed the plight of the very poor.
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that controls the U.S. money supply and the availability of credit in the countryIt was the first central bank of the united sates, aims to stabilize the macroeconomy
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States that people instead of the state legislature elect U.Ssenators.Prior to the amendment State legislators elected senators
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Policy that encouraged U.S businesses to investing the development of countries in Latin America and to build factories in them.
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Americas first photojournalist,American newspaper reporter, social reformer, and photographer who, with his book How the Other Half Lives shocked the conscience of his readers with factual descriptions of slum conditions
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Machines replaced hand labour as the main means of manufacturing, increasing the production capacity of industry tremendously.
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Prohibited the production, sale use, or transportation, of alcoholic beverages.But in the 1919 the manufacturing sale, or transport of intoxicating liquors in the united states is hereby prohibited.
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began in New York City and spread nationwide. During the years that Nixon was President, collective bargaining by the U.S. postal workers was banned.
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Is essentially defined as anti- immigration, its when the inhabitants of an area favor their own interests as opposed to the interests of newcomers or immigrants
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A national scandal involving members of president Hardings cabinet. Hardings secretary of the interior, albert B. Fall, was leasing government land to oil companies in exchange for bribes
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It declares that “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.
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A religious movement that arose in the United States in the late nineteenth century with the goal of making the Christian churches more responsive to social problems, such as poverty and prostitution.
