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Industrialization
the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society, involving the extensive re-organisation of an economy for the purpose of manufacturing. -
Urbanization
Urbanization is increasing the number of people that live in urban areas. -
Indian Removal
a policy of the United States government in the 19th century whereby Native Americans were forcibly removed from their ancestral homelands in the eastern United States to lands west of the Mississippi River, thereafter known as Indian Territory. -
Manifest Destiny
the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.This doctrine helped fuel western settlement, Native American removal and war with Mexico. -
Nativism
the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants. -
Homestead Act
the Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land. -
The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age is the time between the Civil War and World War I during which the U.S. population and economy grew quickly, there was a lot of political corruption and corporate financial misdealings and many wealthy people lived very fancy lives. -
Andrew Carnegie
He was leader of the american steel industry from 1873 to 1091. he donated large sums of his fortune to educational, cultural, and scientific institutions. -
Civil Service Reform
A federal law which established that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit. It was created by the Pendleton Act. -
Haymarket Riot
The Haymarket affair was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on Tuesday May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago. -
Dawes Act
The Dawes Act of 1887, adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. -
Jane Addams
Co- Founded the Hull House in 1889 with ellen gates star. It opened doors to european immigrants. -
Ida B. Wells
Ida was an african american journalist and an early leader in the civil rights movement. She led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890's. -
Susan B. Anthony
Susan was a women's rights activist who played a big role in the women's suffrage movement. She then led the National American Woman Suffrage Association. -
Eugene V Debbs
Eugene was one of the founding members of the industrial workers of the world. It was founded in June 1893 and it was an industrial union for all railroad workers. -
William Jennings Bryan
William was in the Democratic convention and ran for president 3 times. -
Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. -
Dollar Diplomacy
particularly during President William Howard Taft's team, 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. -
Populism and Progressivism
A late 19th century political movement demanding that people have a greater voice in government and seeking to advance the interests of farmers and laborers -
Political Machines
a political group in which a boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses, who receive rewards for their efforts. -
Upton Sinclair
An american journalist who was famous for his most signifcant book The Jungle that was about the exploited lives of immigrants in the united states. The book led to the federal legislation to improve
working conditions. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. -
Muckraker
one who inquires into and publishes scandal and allegations of corruption among political and business leaders," popularized 1906 in speech by President Theodore Roosevelt, in reference to "man ... with a Muckrake in his hand" in Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" (1684) who seeks worldly gain by raking filth. -
16th Amendment
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. -
17th Amendment
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. -
Federal Reserve Act
The 1913 Federal Reserve Act was a U.S. legislation that created the current Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve Act intended to establish a form of economic stability in the United States through the introduction of the Central Bank, which would be in charge of monetary policy. -
Suffrage
the right to vote in political elections. -
19th Amendments
The 19th amendment is a very important amendment to the constitution as it gave women the right to vote in 1920. You may remember that the 15th amendment made it illegal for the federal or state government to deny any US citizen the right to vote -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome Scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. -
Clarence Darrow
He was an american lawyer and a leading member of the american civil liberties union. -
Third Parties Politics
a third party is any party contending for votes that failed to outpoll either of its two strongest rivals (or, in the context of an impending election, is considered highly unlikely to do so). -
Initiative & Referendum
the process of initiatives and referendums allow citizens of many U.S. states to place new legislation on a popular ballot, or to place legislation that has recently been passed by a legislature on a ballot for a popular vote. -
18th Amendments
The Eighteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution effectively established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol (though not the consumption or private possession) illegal. -
Immigration & the American Dream
U.S.-born citizens usually associate it with such themes as wealth, financial security, freedom and even family. Immigrants in the U.S., however, are more likely to define the American dream as the pursuit of opportunity, a good job, owning a home and in many cases, safety from war or persecution.
