United States History Fact Sheet
16th Amendment - allowed the government to levy taxes based upon a person’s income.
17th Amendment - gave voters the power to directly elect their senators
18th Amendment - established prohibition in the United States
19th Amendment - granted full voting rights to women
Alexander Graham Bell - patented the telephone in 1876
Bessemer process - was a method of steelmaking that burned off impurities in molten iron with a blast of hot air.
Carrie Chapman Catt - became the president of NAWSA in 1900
Cooperatives - Organizations in which groups of farmers pooled their resources to buy and sell goods.
Conspicuous Consumption - the free and public spending of great wealth in order to impress others
Corporations – Company that sells shares of ownership, called stock, to investors in order to raise money.
Direct Primary - A nomination election in which voters choose the candidates who later run in a general election.
Elisha Otis - inventor of the elevator
Eugene Debs - Socialist Party candidate for president in 1912
George Westinghouse - invented a compressed air brake that became an important safety feature for the railroad industry, and worked with Nikola Tesla to develop a transformer to transmit Alternating Current over long distances
Gilded Age - A description of American society in the late 1800s that is based on the image of corruption and greed lurking beneath superficial politeness and prosperity.
Granger Laws - were passed to create state commissions to standardize rates for railroad freight and grain storage.
Graduated Income Tax - Applied to higher incomes at a higher rate.
Initiative – policy allowing voters to introduce new legislation.
Jane Addams - social reformer who helped found settlement houses and promoted women's suffrage
James Pendergast - Kansas City political boss who gained political support by providing special services to his African American, Irish American, and Italian American constituents
Muckrakers - Investigative
17th Amendment - gave voters the power to directly elect their senators
18th Amendment - established prohibition in the United States
19th Amendment - granted full voting rights to women
Alexander Graham Bell - patented the telephone in 1876
Bessemer process - was a method of steelmaking that burned off impurities in molten iron with a blast of hot air.
Carrie Chapman Catt - became the president of NAWSA in 1900
Cooperatives - Organizations in which groups of farmers pooled their resources to buy and sell goods.
Conspicuous Consumption - the free and public spending of great wealth in order to impress others
Corporations – Company that sells shares of ownership, called stock, to investors in order to raise money.
Direct Primary - A nomination election in which voters choose the candidates who later run in a general election.
Elisha Otis - inventor of the elevator
Eugene Debs - Socialist Party candidate for president in 1912
George Westinghouse - invented a compressed air brake that became an important safety feature for the railroad industry, and worked with Nikola Tesla to develop a transformer to transmit Alternating Current over long distances
Gilded Age - A description of American society in the late 1800s that is based on the image of corruption and greed lurking beneath superficial politeness and prosperity.
Granger Laws - were passed to create state commissions to standardize rates for railroad freight and grain storage.
Graduated Income Tax - Applied to higher incomes at a higher rate.
Initiative – policy allowing voters to introduce new legislation.
Jane Addams - social reformer who helped found settlement houses and promoted women's suffrage
James Pendergast - Kansas City political boss who gained political support by providing special services to his African American, Irish American, and Italian American constituents
Muckrakers - Investigative