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a political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses
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Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike, or simply strike, is a work stoppage, caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.
1791, first strike -
9th-century industrialists
-increased supply of goods by building factories
- raised productivity
-created jobs
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Era of rapid economic growth
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The development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.
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The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
1830, first used. -
American social reformer and women's rights activist.
Traveled around the country delivering speeches in favor of women's suffrage.
1851, met Elizabeth Cady Stanton -
the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace.
1856, year invented -
A room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.
1860s first tenements were built -
Christian faith practiced as a call not just to personal conversion but to social reform.
1861, year Gospel started spreading -
Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer.1870, immigrated to U.S
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Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist.
Led the expansion of the American Steel Industry.
1873-1901, steel industry expansion. -
an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests.
1881, first formed -
Scottish-born scientist, inventor, and engineer.
Credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. He also founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885. -
An institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community.
1886, first opened -
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 president from 1886 to 1894, and from 1895 until his death in 1924 -
Labor Protests rally turned riot after bomb thrown at police.
Chicago's Haymarket Sqare -
Federal law designed to regulate the railroad industry.
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"Mother" of social work, was a pioneer American settlement activist/reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, public administrator, protestor, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace.
1889, Founded Hull House -
the quality of appealing to or being aimed at ordinary people
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term applied to a variety of responses to the economic and social problems rapid industrialization introduced to America.
1890, era started -
First Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices
7-2-1890, date approved -
American orator and politician from Nebraska.
1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party. -
Migration of prospectors to North-West California.
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Served as the 25th Vice President of the U.S
33rd Governor of New York from 1899 to 1900
26th President of U.S, 1901 -
American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States.
1905, founded 'Wobbolies' -
characterized reform-minded American journalists who attacked institutions and leaders as corrupt.
1906, term first used. -
Prevents manufacture, sale, or transportation of adultery or misbranded, poisonous, or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors.
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-allow ordinary citizens to propose and approve laws
-Allow voters to approve initiatives proposed by citizens or amendments proposed by the legislature.
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African-American investigative journalist, educator, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
1909, formed National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -
Established the Federal Reserve System as the central bank of the United States to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system.
1913, year of establishment -
Tthe use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence.
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Bribery scandal involving the administration of U.S President Warren G. Harding from 1921-1923
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American lawyer, a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform.
1925 Scopes trial -
American writer who wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres
1943, awarded Pulitzer Prize of Fiction -
Allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census.
1992, Revision made. -
The manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction is prohibited.
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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.
1992, year revised -
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.
1992 Year of Revision