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Robber Barons (Captains of Industry)
Capitalist and Industrialists becoming wealthy by corrupting unethical means and exploiting natural resources. -
Tenement
An overcrowded apartment for the poor. -
Susan B. Anthony
Was concerned for women's rights and founded the Suffrage Movement, -
Jacob Riis
Noticed the slums of New York and made the Reform movement to change things. -
Nativism
Native born residents of the U.S limiting the rights of immigrants. -
Political Machines
Local organizations capable of maintaining a large number of votes on behalf of candidates running. -
Samuel Gompers
Helped found the American Federation of Labor and helped workers strike and unionize on their conditions. -
Eugene V. Debs
One of the founding fathers of the Industrial Workers of the World -
Bessemer steel production
First inexpensive industry to mass produce steel. -
Clarence Darrow
Believed in fair judgement of jury and led the Monkey Trial. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Leader of the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War. -
William Jenning Bryan
Lead the Democratic Convention with his favor on free silver in his Cross of Gold speech. -
The Gilded Age
The time between the Civil War and World War I where the U.S. population and economy grew. -
Jane Addams
Founded the Hull House for settlement. She was a supporter for immigrants, the poor, women, and peace. -
Ida B. Wells
Concerned with African American justice and made the anti-lynching crusade. -
Industrialization
Economy transformation based on manufacturing of goods. -
Andrew Carneige
He was Leader of the American steel industry throughout its expansion. -
Upton Sinclair
Created "The Jungle" as a reflection from observing the working conditions in the meat-packaging industry. -
Labor Unions
Group of workers uniting to recognized and make decisions on their conditions of their work. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Created the telephone and graphophone. -
Haymarket RIot
Workers strike for an 8-hr work day but soon turned when a bomb was thrown at the police killing 8. -
Interstate Commerce Act
From public demand of regulating railroad operations. -
Settlement House
Ease the transition of immigrants to learning American values. -
Muckraker
Term used to characterize reform-minded people who wanted to journalize corrupt industries and leaders. -
Populism and Progressiveness
The belief of citizens having the right to control their government and not changing things for improvement. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Outlaws the monopolistic business practices and protects the public from failure of the market. -
Klondike Gold Rush
A rush of thousands of people heading to Canada ever since gold was discovered there. -
Initiative, Refrendum, Reform
Three powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition on ballots, to propose or repeal legislation, or to remove an elected official from office. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Prevent the sale and transportation of altered foods and drugs. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Promote the United States commercial and economic power by guaranteeing loans made to important foreign countries. -
Federal Reserve Act
Established stability by introducing the Central Bank. -
17th Amendment
The people elect their U.S senators. -
Labor Strikes
Response to mass labor and employee grievances. -
18th Amendment
Declared the transport, sale, and production of alcohol illegal, but not the consumption. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
Involved national security, oil companies, bribery and corruption at the highest levels of the government of the United States -
Social Gospel
Protestant Christians to improve the economic, moral and social conditions of the urban working class. -
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote. -
16th Amendment
Allows the government to collect income tax from Americans to build the nation.
