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Industrialization
Development of industries in a country. -
Nativism
Being in favor of the immigrants or Native Americans. -
Bessemer Steel Production
First inexpensive industrial process for the making of steel. -
Tenement
A house or block of apartments, rooms forming seperation within residence. -
Susan B. Anthony
Pioneer crusader for the women's suffrage act. Founder and president of the National American Women Suffrage Association. -
Andrew Carnegie
Leader of the American steel industry. Also industrialist and philanthropist for America. -
Labor Strikes
Work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. -
Labor Unions
An organized association of workers. -
Social Gospel
Christian faith practiced as a social reform. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor of AT&T company. -
Samuel Gompers
Founder of the American Federation of Labor and served as a President. -
Haymarket Riot
A rally happened after a bomb was thrown at the cops. -
Interstate Commerce Act
Regulating the railroad industry. -
Jane Addams
Co-founder of the first social settlement house in America known as the "Hull House". Also first woman to receive the Nobel peace prize. -
Settlement House
House for the 12 million European immigrants, founded of Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. -
Ida B. Wells
African American journalist, abolitionist and feminist who led the anti-lynching crusade in US. -
Political Machines
Political administrator in control of a small organization. -
Jacob Riis
American newspaper reporter. Shocked people with his factual evidence. -
Robber Barons
A person who has become rich through ruthless business practices. Increased public support within the Sherman Antitrust Act. -
Populism & Progressivism
Rich people being seperated from modern society. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
First act to outlaw monopolistic business practices to gain trust. -
William Jennings Bryan
Lawyer and politician who who advocated free silver. Also was a teacher in a Tennessee high school. Unsuccessfully ran for President. -
Klondike Gold Rush
A migration by 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region. -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
Three powers to enable voters to remove an elected official from office. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Once governor, Then later president shortly after. Leader of the grup "Rough Riders" in the Spanish-American war. -
The Gilded Age
An era of rapid economic growth in the North and West. -
Upton Sinclair
US writer arguing for social reform. -
Muckraker
Someone talking about the corruption of the political and business leaders. -
Pure Food And Dog Act
Preventing misbranded or poisonous food or drugs. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Using financial power to extend international influence. -
16th Amendment
Allows congress to levy on income from any source without breaking any state rules in the process. -
Federal Reserve Act
Providing a safer financial system. -
17th Amendment
The popular election of the US Senators by the people of the states. -
Clarence Darrow
Lawyer who worked as a defense counsel in cases in crazy criminals that got him promoted to the American legal history. -
Eugene V. Debs
Candidate for US congress. Speech denouncing America lead to his second arrest. Under the Sedition Act, he was sentenced 10 years. -
18th Amendment
Stopping the sale or transportation of alcohol. -
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
Bribing President Warren G. Harding .
