Unit 3 Keyterms

  • Susan B. Anthony

    Susan B. Anthony

    American women's right's activist that played a big role in the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
  • Bessemer Steel Production

    Bessemer Steel Production

    First inexpensive process for mass production of steel.
  • Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew Carnegie

    Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist who led the expansion of the American steel industry.
  • Political Machines

    Political Machines

    An organization led by a single boss or a small group, that commands votes to stay in control.
  • Eugene V. Debbs

    Eugene V. Debbs

    Labor organizer and socialist leader that helped the founding of the Industrial Workers of the World.
  • The Gilded Age

    The Gilded Age

    Era of rapid economic growth after the Civil War.
  • Industrialization

    Industrialization

    The industrial growth that started in the 1800's and continued through the Civil War.
  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Alexander Graham Bell

    Inventor that is most well known for his invention of the telephone.
  • Samuel Gompers

    Samuel Gompers

    An American Labor leader who was the most significant person in the American Labor Movement.
  • Labor Unions

    Labor Unions

    Fought for better wages, shorter work hours, and safer working conditions.
  • Haymarket Riot

    Haymarket Riot

    Labor protest that turned into a riot when a bomb was thrown at the police.
  • Interstate Commerce Act

    Interstate Commerce Act

    Made railroads the first industry subject to the federal regulation.
  • Settlement House

    Settlement House

    The Hull House, for example, was to educate recently arrived immigrants.
  • Ida B. Wells

    Ida B. Wells

    African American journalist and abolitionist that led an anti-lynching crusade.
  • Jacob Riis

    Jacob Riis

    American journalist, who wrote a book called "How the other half lives", in which he described conditions in the slums.
  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Sherman Antitrust Act

    Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices.
  • Clarence Darrow

    Clarence Darrow

    American lawyer and a leader of the American Civil Liberties Union.
  • William Jennings Bryan

    William Jennings Bryan

    American orator and politician.
  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt

    The 26th president of the United States.
  • Klondike Gold Rush

    Klondike Gold Rush

    A migration of thousands of people to the Klondike area after gold was discovered there.
  • Initiative, Referendum, Recall

    Initiative, Referendum, Recall

    Three powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition, to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office.
  • Muckrakers

    Muckrakers

    American journalists who attacked or exposed political corruption.
  • Robber Barons

    Robber Barons

    A very powerful U.S. capitalist or industrialist
  • Populism and Progressivism

    Populism and Progressivism

    Populists were farmers that advocated radical reforms. Progressives were urban middle-class reformers who wanted the government to be more involved in reform.
  • Tenement

    Tenement

    Quick housing for a growing population in the 1900's.
  • Upton Sinclair

    Upton Sinclair

    American writer that focused on social protest and political tracts.
  • Pure food and Drug Act

    Pure food and Drug Act

    Law passed to remove harmful and misrepresented foods and drugs from the market.
  • Social Gospel

    Social Gospel

    Movement led by liberal protestant progressives against social problems.
  • Dollar Diplomacy

    Dollar Diplomacy

    Ensure the financial stability of a region while protecting and extending U.S. commercial and financial interests there.
  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment

    Amendment that allows the federal government to collect an income tax from all Americans.
  • 17th Amendment

    17th Amendment

    Provided the election of two U.S. senators from each state.
  • Federal Reserve Act

    Federal Reserve Act

    Act that was created to provide the nation with a better monetary and financial system.
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment

    Established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the U.S.
  • Labor Strikes

    Labor Strikes

    Stoppage of work caused by employees refusing to work.
  • Nativism

    Nativism

    To be against immigration.
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    Gave women the right to vote.
  • Tea Pot Dome Scandal

    Tea Pot Dome Scandal

    Bribary scandal involving the administration of president Warren G.
  • Jane Addams

    Jane Addams

    Known as the mother of social work, Jane was the co-founder of the Hull House.