The Birth of Modern America

Susan B Anthony

Period: Feb 15, 1820 to Mar 13, 1906

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20439/20439-h/images/029.jpgWoman's rights activist; pushed strongly for Women's sufferage

Political Machine

Period: Apr 3, 1823 to Apr 12, 1878

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Boss_Tweed,_Thomas_Nast.jpgPolitical machines used job oppurtunity and bribes as a way to gain political power so they could bribe politicians.

Andrew Carnegie

Period: Nov 25, 1835 to Aug 11, 1919

http://voteview.com/images/carnegie.gifBought the rights to cheaply mass producing steel. Had a major impact on the Industrilization in America. Due to his steel being so cheap and there being such a surplus of it, he pretty much was the entire steel industry as people couldn't compete with him. Steel was used for building skyscrapers among other things.

Manifest Destiny

Period: Jun 1, 1840 to Dec 31, 1900

[http://faculty.isi.org/media/images/catalog/cache/Manifest_Destiny.jpg/872px-Manifest_Destiny.jpg](faculity.isi.org)Belief that American settlers needed to expand west and occupy coast to coast. Bigest movement in the late 19th century

Eugene V. Debs

Period: Nov 5, 1855 to Oct 20, 1926

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/EugeneVictorDebs.png Socialist union leader; one of the founding members of the industrial workers of the world

Clarence Darrow

Period: Apr 18, 1857 to Mar 13, 1938

http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media/27/12427-004-AB4DCD74.jpgAmerican Lawyer, known as the atterony for the damned. Pushed that it should be legal to teach the evolution theory.

Theodore Roosevelt

Period: Oct 27, 1858 to Jan 6, 1919

http://www.rightlywired.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tr2.jpg26th President of the United States. Strong social activist. Known as trust buster because he broke up majory monopolies

William Jennings Bryan

Period: Mar 19, 1860 to Jul 26, 1925

American politician

Jane Addams

Period: Sep 6, 1860 to May 21, 1935

http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/Exhibits/janeaddams/photosjaddamsrelatives/AddamsLauraShoemaker.jpgOne of the most prominent social activist of the progessive era. Leader in Women's sufferage. First American woman to be awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize.

Homestead Act

May 20, 1862

Opened up Federal land for settlers who were willing to farm the land for 5 years.

Ida B Wells

Period: Jul 16, 1862 to Mar 25, 1931

http://nativenotes.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ida-b.-wells.jpgAfrican-American Journalist, socialist, civil rights activist, and pushed for women's rights and sufferage

Social Gospel

Period: Jan 1, 1875 to Dec 31, 1920

http://www.beliefnet.com/~/media/0D4468EDFFE74847A0685A55B4B2BB6D.ashxReligous movement that used religous solutions to social problems.

The Gilded Age

Period: Jan 1, 1878 to Dec 31, 1889

http://www.corbisimages.com/images/IH024048.jpg?size=67&uid=%7B37E3244D-DED4-487E-B07A-42846430004D%7DAmerican industrialization charaterized with economic growth, but also with growing gaps in social classes

Upton Sinclair

Period: Sep 20, 1878 to Nov 25, 1968

http://thelittlelowerlayer.weebly.com/uploads/3/0/8/4/30841459/9515508.jpgAmerican Author; popularly known for writing "The Jungle"

Nativism

Period: Jan 1, 1880 to Dec 31, 1900

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/05/9a/1a/059a1adbf59fb2dc9605b3dfdc34724c.jpgPeriod of Anti-immagrant thoughts and trying to protect the so called "natives" of America.

Urbanization and Idustrialization

Period: Jan 1, 1880 to Dec 31, 1920

http://go.owu.edu/~rdfusch/looking_north_along_mulberry_street.jpgChange from rural areas to Urban life and factory jobs. Charaterized by poor living conditions and long harsh work days.

Civil Service Reform

Jan 16, 1883

The Pendleton act changed the way goverment offcials were selected.

Indian Removal

Period: Nov 8, 1885 to Nov 8, 1900

http://education-portal.com/cimages/multimages/16/indian-removal-act-map.jpgAs industrializaton and urbanization grew, American setterlers needed more land. To gain more land they wanted to take the native american's land by relocating them and assimalating them into American society

Haymaker Riot

May 14, 1886

Labor unions pushing for shorter work days. Riot became out of control and 8 people died

Dawes Act

Feb 8, 1887

The Dawes act attempted to assimlate Native Americans into American society

Immigration and the American Dream

Period: Jan 1, 1890 to Nov 7, 1910

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/0327New_York_City_Statue_of_Liberty.JPGMany immigrants came to find jobs in earthy 20th century America

Populism & Progressivism

Period: Jan 1, 1890 to Dec 31, 1920

https://www.nwhm.org/media/category/exhibits/progressiveera/peaceship.jpgCharacterized as when there are many responses to trying fix social and economic rapidly.

Klodike Gold Rush

Aug 16, 1896

Ended in 1899. Brought around 100,000 prospectors the the klodike mountain in hopes for gold. Only the first propectors there and companies selling equipment benefitted from this leaving the majority in poverty.

Initiative, Referendum, and Recall

Period: Jan 1, 1898 to Dec 31, 1910

http://completecolorado.com/pagetwo/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/petition.jpgThese are all powers that the voters have that by petition, to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office.

Third Party Politics

Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Dec 31, 1920

http://www.dailypolitical.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/political-19.jpgA polical party that has opposed views as the main two parties and does not play a majory role in eletions, but brings up and stands for certain issues.

Muckraker

Jan 1, 1903

Journalists who strived to expose social issues. (January's issue of McClure's magazine was considered the start of muckraking)

Pure Food and Drug Act

Jun 30, 1906

federal inspection of meat products and restricted the sale of many drugs. Came about from "The Jungle"

Dollar Diplomacy

Period: Jan 1, 1909 to Dec 31, 1913

http://upstatelive.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dollar-diplomacy.jpgForeign policy followed by president William Howard Taft and secretary Knox. dealt with what was best for American commercial interests.

16th Amendment

Mar 15, 1913

The 16th Amendment enacted federal tax

17th Amendment

Apr 8, 1913

Direct election of senators

Federal Reserve Act

Dec 23, 1913

Introduced the central banking system attempting to fix the economy.

18th Amendment

Jan 16, 1919

Prohibition

Teapot Dome Scandal

Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Apr 7, 1922

http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/26/125926-004-F7B8E7B5.jpgScandal involing the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by bribery.

Suffrage

Aug 18, 1920

The right to vote. (women's sufferage was the last abtained in 1920)

19th Amendment

Aug 18, 1920

Women's sufferage