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| economy of a country that relies on market forces to determine levels of production, investment and savings without government intervention |
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| Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads met in this city thus uniting the two major railroads of the time symbolizing unity and progress. |
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| a form of business organization in which a single firm owns and controls the entire process of production, from the procurement of raw materials to the manufacture and sale of the finished product. |
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| Developed in the 1850s that resulted in discovery that a blast of air through molten iron burned off carbon and other impurities, resulting in steel of more uniform and durable quality. |
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| Nickname of Thomas Edison given to him by news reporters for his work with the light bulb |
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| Created by Thomas B. Reed in 1890, every member of the house must vote unless financially interested in measure. Members present but not voting may be counted for querum. |
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| United several unions into a single national organization, National Labor Union. Sought long-range humanitarian reforms rather than specific, bread and butter goals. |
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| In July 1892, wage-cutting at Andrew Carnegie's Homestead Steel plant in Pittsburgh provoked this violent strike. Using ruthless force and strikebreakers, company officials effectively broke the strike and destroyed the union. |
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| Cities became relient on streetcars rather than walking. Business and residential areas were more wide spread because of the transit systems. |
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| Where immigrants first entered on their way into the United States. They were screened and checked for diseases while there before being given permission to enter |
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| Opened Hull house because she wanted to bridge the gap between rich and poor and to bring education, culture, and hope to the slums. Tried to create in the heart of the city the values and sense of community of small-town America. |
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| Worked to end corruption in politics. Campaigned for prohibition of the sale of intoxicating liquors, hoping to end the social evils that stemmed drunkenness. |
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| Black sociologist and civil rights leader. First black Harvard. Founded NAACP. Called for integrated schools with equal opportunities for all. Said crime was bred in the environment that blacks were forced to live in and not from inborn degeneracy. |
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| Social philosopher who applied Darwin's principles to society. Coined the phrase, survival of the fittest. |
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| A Supreme Court case in 1896 that established the doctrine of "separate but equal" and upheld a Louisiana law requiring that blacks and whites occupy separate rail cars. |
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| Elected to the US senate from South Carolina. Made several references to pitchforks and threatened to go to the White House and poke Grover Cleveland with a pitchfork |
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| The demands of the Farmers' Alliance that demanded creation of a system to allow farmers to store their crops until they could get the best price, free coinage of silver, an end to protective tariffs and national banks, a federal income tax, direct election of senators by voters, and tighter regulation of railroads |
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| Jacob Coxey led 300 people from Massillon, OH to get Congress to authorize printing of $500 million new paper money and money for the construction of new roads. 43 news correspondents marched with him and he was arrested and clubbed on the capitol steps. |
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| President who repealed Sherman Silver Purchase Act and remedied the Panic of 1893. Repeal failed to stop depression and made silver a political issue. |
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| Photographer in the late 1800s who took pictures of dark halls, poor ventilation, and squalid conditions. Tried to shed light on the severity of the living conditions. |
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| Speech given by William Jennings Bryan which stunned Cleveland supporters and said that the country praised businessmen but forgot that laborers, miners, and farmers were businessmen too. Bryan won presidential nomination because of it. |
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| Combination of Ivy League Athletes and western frontiersmen who joined the First United States Volunteer Cavalry during the war with Spain in 1898. |
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| Raised tariff duties about 4%, higher than ever before. The act used duties to promote new industries. |
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| Ship sent to evacuate Americans from Cuba which experienced an explosion that sunk the ship and killed 266 sailors. The act infuriated Americans and they called for war with Spain. |
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