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Industrialization
the process of converting to a order in which industry is dominant.its role in industrialization Among the many industrial advancements of the British was the use of weaving machines in the growing textile industry. -
Bessemer Steel Production
The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. The key principle is removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation with air being blown through the molten iron. -
Susan B Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was an American social reformer and women's rights activist. she played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17 -
Tenement
A tenement is a multi occupancy building of any sort. in the United States, it has come to refer most specifically to a run-down apartment building or to a slum. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish scientist. He was an inventor, engineer, and innovator. he credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. He also founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885. -
Jacob Riis
Jacob August Riis was a Danish-American social reformer. He also muckraking journalist. he happened to be a social documentary photographer -
nativism
Nativism is the political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants. this is currently more commonly described as an immigration restriction position. In studies nativism is a standard technical term. -
Samuel Gompers
Samuel Gompers is an English born American labor union leader. a key figure in American labor history. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor. He served as the organization's president from 1886 until his death in 1924. -
Eugene V. Debbs
Eugene Victor Debs was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist. He was one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World. he was five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States -
clarence Darrow
Clarence Seward Darrow was an American lawyer. He was a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. He was a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was an American statesman and writer. He served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He also served as the 25th Vice President of the United States. He was the 33rd Governor of New York from 1899 to 1900. -
William Jennings
William Jennings Bryan was an American orator and politician from Nebraska. He emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party,. he was a standing three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams known as the mother of social work. She was a pioneer American settlement activist and reformer. She was a social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. -
Ida B Wells
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett. He was known as Ida B. Wells. She was an African American investigative journalist, educator, and an leader in the Civil Rights Movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. -
The Gilded age
The Gilded Age in United States history. The term for this period came into use in the 1920s and 1930s. this was in the 19 century -
social gospel
SOCIAL GOSPEL was a movement led by a group of liberal Protestant progressives. They did this in response to the social problems raised by the rapid industrialization. Along with urbanization, and increasing immigration of the Gilded Age. -
Andrew Camegie
Carnegie is a example of industrialist. someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise.
The Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie was one of the first captains of industry. Leader of the American steel industry from 1873 to 1901 -
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair was an American. He wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres. Sinclair's work was well known and popular in the first half of the 20th century, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943. -
Haymarket Riot
On May 4 1886 a labor protest rally near Chicago's Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day. Despite a lack of evidence against them eight radical labor activists were convicted in connection with the bombing. -
Labor Unions
A trade union, also called a labour union or labor union. it is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals. They achieved goals such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving -
interstate commerce act
The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 is a United States federal law. This was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. The Act required that railroad rates be reasonable but did not empower the government to fix specific rates -
Settlement House
Settlement movement. Its main object was the establishment of settlement houses in poor urban areas. in which volunteer middle-class settlement workers would live, hoping to share knowledge and culture with. they alleviate the poverty of their low-income neighbors. -
Sherman Antitrust act
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. it is a United States antitrust law passed by Congress under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison. this happens to regulate competition among enterprises. -
labor strikes
Strike action, also called labor strike. is a work stoppage, caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. Strikes became common during the Industrial Revolution. when mass labor became important in factories and mines. -
klondike gold rush
The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration.there were an estimated 100,000 prospectors. in Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899 -
initiative referendum recall
Initiative, referendum, and recall are three powers reserved to enable the voters. This happened by petition, to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office. Proponents of an initiative, referendum, or recall effort must apply for an official petition serial number from the Town Clerk. -
Robber Barons
a person who has become rich.This happened through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices originally with reference to prominent US businessmen in the late 19th century. -
Populism and Progressivism
Populists were mainly aggrieved farmers who advocated radical reforms. the Progressives were urban middle class reformers. they wanted to increase the role of government in reform while maintaining a capitalist economy. -
political machines
A political machine is a political group. they were an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses. they receive rewards for their efforts. -
muckraker
The term muckraker was used in the Progressive Era to characterize reform-minded . a American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt. They typically had large audiences in some popular magazines. muckraking journalists successfully exposed America's problems brought on by rapid industrialization and growth of cities. -
Pure food and drug act
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws. which was enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Dollar diplomacy of the United States during President William Howard Taft's term. it was a 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. -
17 Amendment
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states. The amendment supersedes , under which senators were elected by state legislatures. -
16 amendment
allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it. among the states or basing it on the United States Census. -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act is an Act of Congress. this created and established the Federal Reserve System. which created the authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes as legal tender. The Act was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson. -
18 admendment
The eighteenth amendment 1919, prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation” of alcohol. the nineteenth amendment, ratified in 1920, gave women the right to vote. Together with the sixteenth amendment, they define the political change that took place during the Progressive Era -
19th amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. It was adopted on August 18, 1920. Until the 1910, most states did not give women the right to vote. -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome Scandal was a bribery scandal. it involved the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923.
