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Initative
Initiative became a movement that was adopted by American Populist and Progressive political groups. It was used to challenge special interest group. The initiative is a democratic procedure that allows laws or amendments to be initiated directly by the voters. -
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Manifest Destiny
Photo Was the wide belief among Americas that it was the destined right to expand the U.S further West. The first to use the term “Manifest Destiny” was used by journalist John O’Sullivan in the New York Democratic Review in 1845.
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Susan B. Anthony
PhotoBecame active in temperance, because she was a woman she was scolded upon speaking at rallies, but she continued to campaign for the abolition of slavery, the right for woman to own their own property and retain their earnings, she was also a big advocate for women's labor organizations. She even persuaded he University of Rochester to admit woman in 1900. -
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Boss Tweed of Tammany Hall (Example of Political Machines)
PhotoTammany Hall was located in NYC was controlling thousands of city workers. Tweed also influenced the operations of schools, hospitals and many other city-run operations. Tweed was greatly benefited by the support of Irish immigrants. Politcal machines were run by corrupt people, which Tweed was, he would bribe lawmakers and control many people to get what he wanted, not only that be he overpaid himself on many city projects, thus stealing millions from the city. -
Indian Removal Act
Act passed by Congress in the Andrew Jackson administration, which gave permission to negotiate with Indian tribes in the Southern United States for the Indians removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their homelands -
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Andrew Carnegie
PhotoWas the owner of the Carnegie Steel Company, Carnegie made his money in the steel industry. Before he had fortune in the steel industry he was a division superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1859. Carnegie was a powerful industrialist in the Gilded Age. He published "The Gospel Weath" that promoted philanthropic actions like building libraries and schools. -
American Dream (Example of Immagration)
When the United States began to become more urbanized and industralized immigrants from different ethinic groups began to come pouring in for the oppertunities of America. They had wanted to better thier lives and get jobs that were now being widely offered in industrialized cities. Many of the immigrants worked long hours in dirty conditions for a low wage. But this was the American Dream for many! -
Suffrage Convention (Ex:Suffrage)
The first womens rights convention was the Seneca Falls Convention, it took place in Seneca Falls, New York. The convention was organized by many woman's rights activists and leaders. Elizabeth Cady Stanton had a difficult task of writing the document that would be discussed at the convention. Stanton took her document and created it like the Declaration of Independance. She demaned the recognition that woman should be an equal member in society. -
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Eugene V. Debs
PhotoFormed the American Railway Union in 1892, Debs lead the great Pullman Strike. The Pullman Strike was when the Pullman Car Company fired about 5000 employees. To support the strike Debs called on the members of the American Railway Union and refused to pull any trains that were associated with the company. -
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Clarence Darrow
PhotoAmerican lawyer whose decided to resign from his position as general attorney for the Chicago and North Western Railway to defend Eugene V. Debs. Darrow became an established American labor lawyer, we defended several trade union leaders and was involved in campaigns against child labor and capital punishment. -
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Teddy Roosevelt
PhotoWas the 26th president of the United States, Roosevelt was known for his antimonopoly polices and ecological conservations, he established the Pure Food and Drug Act. -
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William Jennings Bryan
PhotoBryan was the Democratic and Populist nominee. Perviously Democrats had held the White House for four years and is credited to the up bring of severe economic depression, he ran unsuccessfully three times for presidency. His influence in the adoption of reforms as popular election of senators, income tax, and the creation of the Department of Labor. Bryan was the Populist canidate also! -
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Jane Addams
PhotoCo-founded one of the 1st settlements in the U.S. She won a Nobel Peace Prize in Addams was the first female president of the National Conference of Social Work, and was also president for the Women’s International League for Peace. Not only was the the first female president but she also established National Federation of Settlements. -
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Urbanization
PhotoUrbanization began to spread across the United States, as it spread many postitive and negative things began to happen. Cities began to become very overcrownded because the the large flow of immagration from European countries. At this time many places like New York grew around the large population of ethnic groups and industrial centers. -
Homestead Act
The Homestead Act opened land in the western United States, The government gave many people including freed slaves land grants to settle. This act attracted European immigrants to settle the Great Plains, 270 million acres were claimed by Homesteaders, Homesteaders were able to successfully farm the land. -
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Ida B. Wells
PhotoAfrican American Journalist and activist that led an anti lynching crusade in the United States. In Memphis Wells and a white conductor had a dispute when she bought a first class ticket and had to give up her seat on the train for a white man, she was ordered to go to the smoking or “Jim Crow” car. -
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Gilded Age
PhotoThe Gilded Age lasted almost 3 decades, it was called the Gilded Age because of the lavish lifestyles of entrepneurs. Many industrialists like Andrew Carnegie made immense wealth starting with nothing. The Gilded Age was full of people that started with nothing and ended up making more money they could spend in their whole lifetime. -
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Social Gospel
PhotoThe Social Gospel was a religious social-reform movement. It was mostly from liberal Protestant groups that believed in bettering the industrialized society by applying Christian ethics. Some Social Gospel work includes the world by Charles Monroe Sheldon who wrote “In His Steps;”What Would Jesus Do?”;1897). Many of the Social Gospels wanted to abolish child labor, more factory regulations, a shorter work week, and so on. -
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Upton Sinclair
PhotoWas an American writer, he was known for his book the Jungle(1906), which was a powerful exposure of the chaotic working conditions in the meat-packing industry. -
Chinese Exclusion Act (Ex: Nativism)
Nativism was the policy of protecting the interest of native inhabitants against those of immigrants. Many Americans grew hostile towards incoming immigrants during urbanization and industrialization. A good example of Nativism is the Chinese Exclusion Act, was a federal law that prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers. This act was to make the Californian Nativists happy so that they had more rights and opportunities . -
Pendleton Act (Example of Civil Service Reform)
The Act was created to reform the federal government’s civil service systems. The call for reform was the 1881 assassination of President James Garfield. Presidents had always been bothered by office-seekers, and Garfield was stalked by an office-seeker who was recently ejected from the White House, his death influenced the act. -
Haymarket Riot
In Chicago’s Haymarket Square was a labor protest that soon turned violent when an unknown person threw a bomb at the police. During there Haymarket Riot about 8 people died and many were wounded. At the end of the riot 8 radical labor activists were convicted with the connection to the outbreak, despite the lack of evidence against them. This riot was a very large setback for the labor movements in America. -
The Dawes Act
The Dawes Act split up Indian reservations into smaller ares and distributed these areas to individuals in the tribes. This acted changed the legal status of Native Americans, formally they were tribal members then changed to individuals subjected to the federal laws, this dissolved many tribal affiliations. With the land given to the Native Americans they were urged to used the land for farming rituals, thus Americanizing many tribes -
Third Party Politics
Third-party candidates can split the major party with which they are most similar, leading to the other party's victory. These Parties focused on issues. The Populist Party is a good example of a third party -
The Populist Convention in St. Louis (Ex: Populism)
Populism was appealed to farmers, it promoted political action to try to protect thier industries. The Populists wanted the government to own the railroads, telephone, and telegraphs to keep larger companies from being able to control the princes.
The convention in St. Louis was between because the relationship between mid-roaders and fusionists were in a tense position. But the convention was a disaster for the mid-roaders, the convention endorsed the Domocratic presidential nominee. -
Klondike Gold Rush
Indains Skookum Jim Mason and Tagish Charlie found gold in Rabbit Creek (shortly renamed Bananza Creek) in the Yukon Region of Canada, the discovery of gold in Yukon soon was everywhere. But because Yukon was very remote word of the gold did not spread very quickly, in fact it took about a year for people to hop on the next boat, or train to Yukon. The travel to Yukon was harsh and many gold-seekers died or lost enthusiam about the trip, only about 100,000 people completed the trip. -
Referendum
In 1898 South Dakota became the first state to provide both optional and petition referendums. A Referendums are a direct democratic procedure through proposed legislation is submitted to the electorate for approval. -
Tenements (Urbanization)
In New York because of the growing immagration in the city, tenement housing was created to cator to the growing population and demand of housing units closer to factories. People from all over Europe and America headed from rural areas to more urbanized areas. -
The Los Angeles City Charter of 1903 (Recall)
Another Direct democratic procedure that provides for the removal of officials before their terms end. The Los Angeles City Charter of 1903 was the first in the U.S. to adopt the recall. -
Muckrackers
The Muckrackers were a group of wrtiers that exposed the abuses of industrial society and government corruption. A good example of a Muckracker would be Upton Sinclair, he published a book called The Jugle in 1905 that exposed the horrors and abuses in the meat packing industry. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act was a law passed that required federal inspections of meat products and any other products, with the inspection products can be deemed dangerous for consumption and be taken off the market and stop manufacturing. -
NAACP (Progressism)
The NAACP stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the NAACP's goal was that they tried to solve the racial inequalities using the ideals of the Progressive Era. The NAACP wanted to eliminate hatred. Progressism was a political movement of people who addressed and tried to solve many problems as a result of urbanization and rapid industrialization. These people were the people that the problems in society can best be solved by education and safer work places. -
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Dollar Diplomacy
PhotoDuring the Taft administration , the 27th president, encouraged bankers to invest in countries of the Caribbean region. The use of American investment to promote American foreign policy goals became known as the Dollar Diplomacy. When Latin American countries could not repay the loans given to them, Taft would station Marines in the country until the money was payed off -
16th Amendment
The 16th Amendment established Congress's right to impose a federal tax income on citizens. This amendment granted the federal government more political power on taxation -
17th Amendment
The 17th Amendment changed how the United States senators were elected, the 17th Amendment elected senators based on popular vote of each citizen of the state. -
Federal Reserve Act
The President Woodrow Wilson signed this act into law. This law was key in recognizing that the nation could not rely on the wealthy people to help with economic and financial crisis.This Law established Federal Reserve banks, and it granted the legal authority to issue our currency as the U.S. Dollar -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment finally granted woman the right to vote after long women suffrage movements. -
18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment prohibited the import, sale, transportation, and distribution of any alcoholic beverages, but the 18th Amendment did not ban the possession nor the consumption of alcoholic beverages by private citizens. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome Scandal happened in Wyonming during the presidency of Harding, this sandal was about secertly leasing oil rights to private companies from government owned land.
