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| He was a Scottish economist who wrote the "Wealth of Nations" in 1776, which established capitolism in the United States. It promoted a Laisse Faire government where the government keeps its' hands of the economy. |
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| It became widespread in the 19th and 20th centuries as a response to the economic upheaval caused by the emancipation of slaves in the agricutural south. Sharecroppers would be given areas of land by the white landowners and a percentage of the production would be given to the sharecroppers. Due to high interests cost on loans for producing crops, many landowners and sharecroppers went bankrupt. |
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| A rally that took place in support of strikers at Haymarket Square in Chicago on May 4, 1886. A bomb was allegedly thrown at police officers attempting to break the rally up. Gun fire pursued, injuring approx. 50 and killing 10, several were cops. Eight men were arrested, who were all anarchists, and convicted guiltly. Four were sentenced to death and one committed suicide in prison. |
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| A period during the 1890's where newspaper editors were sensationalizing the news in order to drive up circulation rates. The two most noteworthy were Joseph Pulitzer and William Randoplh Hearst. Their sensationalism became a news war during the coverage of the Spanish-America war, which only lasted a few years. The newspapers are credited with drawing the American populations' interests into the war and Spanish brutality. |
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| A journalists who seeks to expose corruption of businesses or government to the public. The term arose during the Progressive movement of the early 20th century. They exposed the wretchedness of urban life and the poor treatment of workers in big businesses. They played a huge role in the social justice reforms and the cleaning up of American cities. |
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