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Political Machine
Local organizations capable of maintaining a large number of votes on behalf of candidates running. -
Robber Barons (Captains of Industry)
Capitalist and Industrialists becoming wealthy by corrupting unethical means and exploiting natural resources. -
Bessemer Steel Production
First inexpensive industry to mass produce steel. -
Tenements
An overcrowded apartment for the poor(slums). -
Social Gospel
Religious social-reform movement prominent in the United States -
Alexander Graham Bell
Invented the telephone and graphophone. -
Haymarket RIot
Aftermath of a bombing. -
Andrew Carnegie
Industrialist- Led the expansion of the American steel industry. (Very rich)
Fun Fact: Has the 4th most given money to charity (9.5 Billion) -
Jane Addams
"Mother of social work"...social worker, philosopher, and leader in women's suffrage. -
Eugene Debs
American socialist and political activist. One of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World. -
Ida B. Wells
African American journalist. Early civil rights leader and helped founded National Association for the Advancement of colored people. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Outlaws the monopolistic business practices and protects the public from failure of the market. -
Jacob Riis
Wrote 'How the other half lives' -
Susan B. Anthony
Women's rights activist. Started the National American Women Suffrage Association. -
William Jennings Bryan
American orator and politician. Lost to William McKinley in presidential race. -
Klondike Gold Rush
Migration of 100,000 prospectors in the Klondike region. -
Initiative, Referendum, Reform
Allowed voters to propose or repeal legislation, or to remove an elected official from office. -
Muckraker
American journalists who attacked corporations and leaders. -
Populism and Progressiveness
The belief of citizens having the right to control their government. -
Theodore Roosevelt
33rd Governor of New York in 1899. Later became the 26th president of the U.S. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Law that removed harmful and misrepresented food and drugs. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Form of American foreign policy to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. -
Federal Reserve Act
Established Federal Reserve System. -
17th Amendment
Senators are elected by state legislatures. -
16th Amendment
The 16th amendment allows the government to collect an income tax. -
Labor Strikes
Mass refusal to work causing a work stoppage. -
Nativism
Favor towards natives, opposed to immigrants. -
19th Amendment
Gave women to right to vote. -
18th Amendment
Banned the sale of alcohol. Later repealed by the 21st amendment in 1933. -
TeaPot Dome Scandal
Oil bribery scandal involving president Harding. -
Clarence Darrow
American Lawyer... 'Sweet Case'. Leading member of American Civil Liberties Union. -
Upton Sinclair
American writer, who wrote many books, including 'The Jungle'.
Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1943