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Industrialization .
Development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale. -
16th Amendment
It is a important amendment that allows the federal government to collect an income tax from all Americans. -
18th Amendment
This Amendment banned the sale and drinking of alcohol in the United States. -
17th Amendment
The popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states. -
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
political group in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses. -
Susan B. Anthony
She was an American social reformer and women's rights activist. -
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
Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator . -
Jacob Riis
He was an Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. -
Samuel Gompers
He was an English-born American labor union leader. -
Nativism
Its a political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
Eugene V. Debbs
He was an socialist ,political activist, and trade unionist. -
Bessemer steel production
The first inexpensive industrial process . -
Clarence Darrow
He was an American lawyer, a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, -
Theodore Roosevelt
He was an American statesman, a writer ,and the 26th president. -
William Jennings Bryan
He was an American orator and politician from Nebraska. -
Ida B. Wells
She was an African-American investigative journalist, educator, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Tenement
A room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments. -
The Gilded Age
Era of rapid economic growth. -
Social Gospel .
Christian faith practiced as a call not just to personal conversion but to social reform. -
Upton Sinclair
Was an American writer who wrote over 100 books. -
Jane Addams
Was an American social worker. -
Settlement House
A reformist social movement that began in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s in England and the US. -
Haymarket Riot
The aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration. -
Interstate Commerce Act 1887
United States federal law that was created to regulate the railroad industry. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
The first federal act hat outlawed monopolistic business practices. -
Klondike Gold Rush
A migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region. -
Initiative ,Referendum, Recall
Three powers reserved to enable the voters. -
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist. -
Populism & Progressivism
Populism is a down-up-movement while Progressivism is a top-to-bottom approach. -
Muckraker
Progressive Era to characterize reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The first of a series of significant consumer protection laws . -
Dollar Diplomacy
Country's financial power to extend its international influence. -
Federal Reserved Act .
Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal.
A bribery scandal involving the administration of United States.
