Unit 3 key terms

  • Industrialization .

    Industrialization .

    Development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.
  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment

    It is a important amendment that allows the federal government to collect an income tax from all Americans.
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment

    This Amendment banned the sale and drinking of alcohol in the United States.
  • 17th Amendment

    17th Amendment

    The popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states.
  • 19th Amendments

    19th Amendments

    The states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex.
  • Politcal Machines

    Politcal Machines

    political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses.
  • Susan B. Anthony

    Susan B. Anthony

    She was an American social reformer and women's rights activist.
  • Robber Barons ( Captains of Industry )

    Robber Barons ( Captains of Industry )

    Long ago in the 19th century a captain of industry was a business leader whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributed positively to the country in some way.
  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Alexander Graham Bell

    Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator .
  • Jacob Riis

    Jacob Riis

    He was an Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer.
  • Samuel Gompers

    Samuel Gompers

    He was an English-born American labor union leader.
  • Nativism

    Nativism

    Its a political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.
  • Eugene V. Debbs

    Eugene V. Debbs

    He was an socialist ,political activist, and trade unionist.
  • Bessemer steel production

    Bessemer steel production

    The first inexpensive industrial process .
  • Clarence Darrow

    Clarence Darrow

    He was an American lawyer, a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union,
  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt

    He was an American statesman, a writer ,and the 26th president.
  • William Jennings Bryan

    William Jennings Bryan

    He was an American orator and politician from Nebraska.
  • Ida B. Wells

    Ida B. Wells

    She was an African-American investigative journalist, educator, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
  • Tenement

    Tenement

    A room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.
  • The Gilded Age

    The Gilded Age

    Era of rapid economic growth.
  • Social Gospel .

    Social Gospel .

    Christian faith practiced as a call not just to personal conversion but to social reform.
  • Upton Sinclair

    Upton Sinclair

    Was an American writer who wrote over 100 books.
  • Jane Addams

    Jane Addams

    Was an American social worker.
  • Settlement House

    Settlement House

    A reformist social movement that began in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s in England and the US.
  • Haymarket Riot

    Haymarket Riot

    The aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration.
  • Interstate Commerce Act 1887

    Interstate Commerce Act 1887

    United States federal law that was created to regulate the railroad industry.
  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Sherman Antitrust Act

    The first federal act hat outlawed monopolistic business practices.
  • Klondike Gold Rush

    Klondike Gold Rush

    A migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region.
  • Initiative ,Referendum, Recall

    Initiative ,Referendum, Recall

    Three powers reserved to enable the voters.
  • Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew Carnegie

    Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist.
  • Populism & Progressivism

    Populism & Progressivism

    Populism is a down-up-movement while Progressivism is a top-to-bottom approach.
  • Muckraker

    Muckraker

    Progressive Era to characterize reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt.
  • Pure Food and Drug Act

    Pure Food and Drug Act

    The first of a series of significant consumer protection laws .
  • Dollar Diplomacy

    Dollar Diplomacy

    Country's financial power to extend its international influence.
  • Federal Reserved Act .

    Federal Reserved Act .

    Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System.
  • Tea Pot Dome Scandal.

    Tea Pot Dome Scandal.

    A bribery scandal involving the administration of United States.