Industrialization
This is the shift from handmade goods to large-scale factory production.
What is industrialization?
He built a steel empire and later donated much of his fortune to build libraries.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This movement worked to reform government, business, and society in the early 1900s.
What is Progressivism?
This reformer organized a march of child workers to pressure President Roosevelt for reform.
Who is Mother Jones?
This principle means everyone, including government officials, must obey the law.
What is the rule of law?
This happened as people moved from rural areas to cities to find factory jobs.
What is urbanization?
This company controlled roughly 90% of U.S. oil refining around the turn of the century.
What is Standard Oil?
These journalists exposed corruption and social problems to encourage reform.
What are muckrakers?
This journalist exposed the dangers of lynching and fought for voting rights.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This protects people by requiring fair legal procedures.
What is due process?
These connected towns and cities, moved raw materials, and helped factories reach new markets.
What are railroads?
This means complete control of an industry or product by one company.
What is a monopoly?
This allowed citizens to propose new laws directly through a ballot.
What is an initiative?
This reformer fought to preserve Yosemite's wilderness.
Who is John Muir?
These three tools allowed voters to have more direct control over government.
What are initiative, referendum, and recall?
Between 1850 and 1900, the U.S. population did this.
What is nearly tripled?
This was the belief that government should stay out of business affairs.
What is laissez-faire?
This allowed voters to approve or reject an existing law.
What is a referendum?
This activist pushed for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing women's voting rights.
Who is Alice Paul?
This document establishes the structure, powers, and limits of the U.S. government.
What is the Constitution?
This economic system is based on private ownership and profit.
What is capitalism?
Business leaders used this idea of “survival of the fittest” to argue against government interference.
What is Social Darwinism?
This Wisconsin governor fought political machines and supported giving voters more power.
Who is Robert La Follette?
This scholar and activist helped organize the Niagara Movement and helped found the NAACP.
Who is W. E. B. Du Bois?
This means government officials must answer for their actions under the law.
What is accountability?