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Populism and Progressivism
American society has traditionally been reformist, and populism and progressivism are two of the very popular mass movements or ideologies integral to this ongoing and continuous reforms, have taken place in the American society in the last 150 years. The two ideologies have many similarities, so much so that many find it hard to imagine there can be any differences in between populism and progressivism -
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Susan B Athony
an American social reformer who 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 -
Indian Removal
a 19th-century policy of cleansing by the government of the United States to move Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the river. a law that was passed by Congress on May 28, 1830, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. It authorized the president to negotiate with Indian tribes in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their homelands -
Civil Service Reform
Refers to movements for the improvement of the civil service in methods of appointment, rules of conduct.applies to labor organizations which represents employees in most agencies of the executive branch of the Federal Government. -
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Andrew Carnegie
a Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. Industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Although he had little formal education, Carnegie grew up in a family that believed in the importance of books and learning -
Nativism
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. s the political position of demanding a favored status for certain established inhabitants of a nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants.Nativism typically means opposition to immigration, and support of efforts to lower the political or legal status of specific ethnic or cultural groups who are considered hostile or alien to the natural culture. -
Manifest Destiny
the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.Independence had been won in the Revolution and reaffirmed in the War of 1812. The spirit of nationalism that swept the nation in the next two decades demanded more territory. -
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Eugene V. Debbs
American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. -
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Clarence Darrow
an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union. He was best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks -
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Teddy Roosevelt
an American politician, author, naturalist, soldier, explorer, and historian who served as the 26th President of the United States.When his father died during his second year at Harvard College, Roosevelt channeled his grief into working even harder: After graduating magna cum laude in 1880, he enrolled at Columbia Law School and got married to Alice Hathaway Lee of Massachusetts. -
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William Jennings Bryan
a leading American politician from the 1890s until his death. He was a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's candidate for President of the United States -
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Jane Addams
a pioneer American settlement social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace.Jane Addams, known prominently for her work as a social reformer, pacifist and feminist during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was born Laura Jane Addams on September 6, 1860, in Cedarville, Illinois. -
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Ida B Wells
an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, and an early leader in the civil rights movement Born a slave in 1862, Ida Bell Wells was the oldest daughter of James and Lizzie Wells. The Wells family, as well as the rest of the slaves of the Confederate states, were decreed free by the Union, about six months after Ida's birth, thanks to the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Homestead Act
An act passed by Congress in 1862 promising ownership of a 160-acre tract of public land to a citizen or head of a family who had resided on and cultivated the land for five years after the initial claim.nacted during the Civil War in 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government -
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Social Gospel
Christian faith practiced as a call not just to personal conversion but to social reform. -
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The Gilded Age
in United States history is the late 19th century, from the 1870s to about 1900. -
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Upton Sinclair
an American author who wrote nearly 100 books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century -
Haymarket Riot
was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration olent confrontation between police and labour protesters in Chicago on May 4, 1886, that became a symbol of the international struggle for workers’ rights. -
The Dawes Act
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 In.An act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes. -
Klondike Gold Rush
as a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899.ince the Yukon was so remote, word of this find spread relatively slowly for almost a year. On July 17, 1897, eleven months after the initial discovery of gold, the steamship Portland arrived in Seattle from Dawson with "more than a ton of gold", according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. -
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
The "initiative process" is a citizen or group of citizens who want to propose a law to the people and organize, draft (write) the proposed law, then circulate petitions to be signed to get the law placed on the ballot in the upcoming election. Referendum is where the legislature votes on a bill. -
Suffrage
means the right to vote. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
is a United States federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines -
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Dollar Diplomacy
the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence. is the effort of the United States particularly over President William Howard Taft to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries -
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. -
Federal Reserve Act
Act of Congress that created and set up the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes and Federal Reserve Bank Notes as legal tender. -
Muckraker
refers to reform-minded journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines and continued a tradition of investigative journalism reporting -
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. -
18th amendment
After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. -
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Tea Pot Dome Scandal
was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1920 to 1923, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding -
Immigration and The American Dream
Immigrants is associate the American dream with opportunity, a good job and home ownership. The United States offers a less hierarchical society that provides more opportunity than many other countries, while allowing immigrants to assume a fully American identity. Through home ownership and entrepreneurship, immigrants have helped to grow the U.S. economy and improve the economic condition of their communities and families, but immigrants continue to face barriers to higher education, which fac -
19th amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote -
Politicsl Machines
political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses , who receive rewards for their efforts. -
Urbanization and Industrialization
Business and industrialization centered on the cities. The ever increasing number of factories created an intense need for labor, convincing people in rural areas to move to the city, and drawing immigrants from Europe to the United States. As a result, the United States transformed from an agrarian to an urban nation, and the demographics of the country shifted dramatically. -
Third Parties Politics
is any party contending for votes that failed to outpoll either of its two strongest rivals . The distinction is particularly significant in two-party systems. In any case "third" is often used figuratively, as in "the third parties", where the intent, literally stated, is "the third and succeeding parties".
