Westward expansion & Industrialization

Urbanization

1790

Increasing the number of people to move to a certain area or land. Back when Manifest Destiny was huge it was the government trying to urbanize the west.

Populism &Progressivism

1800

People Who followed Progressivism were rich elite people. People Who supported Populism were lower class and poor.
populism is in support of a change in the economy,While Progressivism is in support of a change on politics.

Indian Removal

1830

Caused conflict with indians.Authorized the president to grant land to the west that was unsettled in exchange for indian lands with existing borders. Many tribes disagreed some went away peacefully.

Nativism

1836

Policy favoring Native Americans as opposed to immigrants.

Manifest Destiny

1845

The belief that expanding was inevitable. Not only did the government want you to go west but god did too. It was The United States destiny.

Industrialization

1852

Big boom of industry. Companies and factories popping up everywhere. The development of a country or city with companies

Susan B. Anthony

1856

Womans rights activist. Played pivotal role in womens suffrage.
In 1856 became New York state agent for american ant-slavery association.

Homestead Act

1862

Act promoting western expansion. Gave 160 acres of land to people who migrated west and improved land for just 10 dollars.If said people lived there for 5 years it was theirs.

The Gilded Age

1870

Time between the civil war and world war 1 where U.S. Population grew quickly.People delt with money horribly.Rich people lived lavish.

Civil Service Reform

1883

Said that federal government should be established by merit and not political affiliation. So people who have done more would get elected instead of people that were just politically involved.

Eugene V. Debbs

1885

American union leader and founding member of the industrial workers of the world. Five time candidate for the socialist party to run for president.

Haymarket Riot

1886

Terrible situation.Bombing at a labor demonstration. The riot was the aftermath of the bombing.

Dawes Act

1887

Allowed the president to survey the west. Meaning he would seend people to inspect the land of indian reservations and if it was in bad condition they remained there. If the land was nice he gave the indians a choice to act like white people and stray away from their traditions or leave.

Jane Addams

1889

Known as the mother of social work. Was a pioneer american settlement activist. Co founded an early settlement house in Chicago known as the hull house.

Andrew Carnegie

1889

One of the wealthiest americans of all time. Led the expansion of the american steel industry. He gave away 350 million dollars to charities.

Political Machines

1890

Almost like a captain to a boat. A political group that has a leader that controls everything.Similar to the leader of a country if you think about it.

Third Party Politics

1890

Parties other than Democratic or Republican. Parties such as Libertarians. Also the business within these parties all go into third party politics.

William Jennings Bryan

1896

American orator from nebraska. Strong in politics.
Nominated for president by the democratic party 3 times. Gave Cross of gold speech.

Klondike Gold Rush

1896

Huge migration of miners. Migration of miners to the Klondike region of the Yukon river in Canada An estimated 100,000 miners migrated.

Initiative & Referendum

1898

Allows people of many states to put new legislation on a popular ballot.

Theodore Roosevelt

1901

25th vice president of the united states. Also served as the 33rd governor of New York. 26th president of the united states.

Pure Food and Drug act

1906

Keeps the companies from killing us. Act that makes sure that companies aren't putting any poisonous things in our products. For example rat poison in chips.

Muckraker

1906

One who puts into and publishes scandal.

Ida B. Wells

1909

Amazing journalist and person. African american journalist and civil rights activist.In the 1890s she documented lynching in america. One of the Founders of NAACP.

Dollar Diplomacy

1909

Form of foreign policy to further its aims in Latin america by guaranteeing loans from other countries.

16th Amendment

1913

Government has the right to collect taxes.

17th Amendment

1913

Each state can have representatives but must be put through qualifications and and is allowed one vote representing the state.

Federal Reserve Act

1913

Intended to make a form of economic stability. Introduced Central Bank.

18th Amendment

1919

Banned any type of alcohol. Including the selling or shipping or consumption of liquor.

19th Amendment

1920

Everyone can vote. Doesn't matter if you're black,blue or purple. Allows woman to vote for the first time in history.

Suffrage

1920

The right to vote in a political race. There has been many suffrage movements.Most famous is the woman's suffrage movement.

Tea Pot Dome Scandal

1921

Scandal Under president Harding. Involving a former united states oil reserve in Wyoming secretly leased a private oil company.

Clarence Darrow

1925

American lawyer. Leading member of the American civil liberties union. Defended on a major historical case in 1925.

Upton Sinclair

1943

Well known writer. The man wrote nearly one hundred books.And in 1943 he won the pulitzer prize for fiction.