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Bessemer Steel Production
the first production of inexpensive mass production in 1856 -
Robber Barons (Captains of Industry)
A derogatory term of social criticism it was used to describe a man named Cornelius Vanderbilt because of his business practices on February 9, 1859 -
Nativism
Nativism was a factor in the 1830s-1860s Nativism is the political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitance against those of immigrants -
Tenement
a multi occupancy building first used in 1867 -
The Gilded Age
Started in the 1870s this symbolized a series of social problems hidden -
Industrialization
The period of social and economic change started around 1870 -
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Susan B. Anthony
She was an American social reformer and women's right activist and was very important to the cause of women's rights in 1876 she founded American women's suffrage association -
Labor Union
The knights of labor emerged as a force in the 1880s American federation of labor was created in 1886 -
Alexander Graham Bell
Founded the American telephone and telegraph company in 1885 -
Samuel Gompers
An American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history Gompers founded American Federation of labor in 1886 -
Haymarket Riot
Labor protest turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at the police on May 5, 1886 -
Klondike Gold Rush
Gold was found in huge amounts on August 16, 1886 thousands of prospectors came to mine the gold -
Interstate Commerce Act 1887
A federal law used to regulate the railroad industry particularly its monopolistic practices created in 1887 -
Jacob Riis
Jacob was a Danish-American Social reformer and a journalist who immigrated to The U.S. in 1888 Riis was one of the first to use flash photography he put together a book of photos on how the other half lives -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew started a steel industry in 1889 but he sold the steel industry in 1901 Andrew was one of the first " captains of industry " he donated most of his money to charity -
Settlement House
A settlement house is a place where refugees to reform them into society and Chicago's hull house was best known settlement in the united states made in 1889 -
Ida B. Wells
Ida was a leader in the civil rights movement she was one of the founders for NAACP she was born into slavery but later on freed during the American civil war in the 1890s lynching in the United states -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Is a United States law passed to regulate competition among enterprises created in 1890 -
Eugene V. Debs
He was an American socialist and one of the founding members of the industrial workers of the world he ran for president but never got elected but through his campaigns he became one of the best known socialist in America in 1894 he organized a wild cat strike over pay cuts in the summer a wild cat strike is an unofficial industrial -
William Jennings Bryan
in 1896 he was a leading force in the democratic party he ran for president three times he was anti-evolution activist and opposed darwinism he took part in a trial in 1925 called Scopes trial -
Muckraker
The term was used to characterize reform-minded American Journalist who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt it was created in 1900 -
Populism & Progressivism
Populism is aimed at reforming the economic system while progressivism was focused on bringing the political reforms this was created in the 19th centry -
Political Machines
Political Machine is a political group in which an authoritative boss commands the support of corporations and supporters of business in the 19th century someone in the United States used this strategy -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore was the 26th president of the united states from 1901 to 1909 also served as the 25th vice president he was the leader of the republican party during this time he became a driving force for the progressive era -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
The three powers are given the power to vote or petition out certain members -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Enacted in 1906 to make people put labels on food and drug products -
Dollar diplomacy
Was a form of American foreign policy to further its aims in latin America and East Asia used by President William Howard Taft in 1908 -
Social Gospel
They used christian morals on social problems used in the united states in 1910 -
17th Ammendment
Established the popular vote of the United States senators in 1912 -
Federal Reserve Act
in 1913 they established a federal reserve bank system -
16th Amendment
allows congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census -
18th Amendment
Effectively established the prohibition of intoxicating liquors in the United States by declaring the sale, production, and transport of intoxicating liquors illegal -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams was known as the " Mother of social work " she was considered the most prominent to the progressive era she was a women's suffrage and world peace activist in 1920 she co-founded ACLU The American civil liberties union. -
19th Ammendment
making it illegal for states to prevent the right to vote in 1920 -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
Was a bribery scandal involving the administration of the United States President Warring G. Harding in 1921 buying oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding -
Upton Sinclair
He was a book writer who wrote nearly 100 books he won the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1943 he wrote books about the industrialized era they were in the progressive era -
Clarence Darrow
Clarence was a leading member of the American civil liberties union he was a lawyer he took a murder case in the summer of 1964 two men murdered a 14 year old boy -
Labor strikes
A work stoppage or mass refusal of employees there was a major strike in 1980
