Anti-Saloon League

Anti-Saloon League, a United States organization that was a major force behind the enactment of the 18th Amendment (1919), which prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Antitrust laws

Antitrust Laws , legislation intended to regulate or prohibit business activities considered harmful to the public interest in two broad areas—the creation of monopolies and the restriction of competition through unfair business practices.

Carpetbaggers

Carpetbaggers, a belittling name applied to Northerners who went south to take part in civic and political affairs after the American Civil War.

Charles Sumner

Sumner, Charles (1811–1874), a United States statesman. For nearly 25 years he served as United States senator from Massachusetts, 1851–74.

Compromise of 1850

Compromise of 1850 , in United States history, five congressional bills that dealt with slavery, especially with its extension into the land won from Mexico.

Credit Mobilier of America

Crédit Mobilier of America a construction company formed in 1863 by officers and leading stockholders of the original Union Pacific railway company.

Electoral Commission

Electoral Commission, in United States history, a body of 15 members appointed by act of Congress, January 29, 1877, to pass on disputed electoral votes in the 1876 Presidential election.

Eugene V. Debs

Debs, Eugene Victor (1855–1926), a United States socialist. He ran for President five times—the last time while in prison.

Farmers' Alliances

Farmers' Alliances, two powerful agricultural organizations in the United States in the late 1800's.

Freedmen's Bureau

Freedmen's Bureau, a branch of the U.S. War Department from 1865 to 1872. Its full name was Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.

From Garfield to McKinley

James A. Garfield, a Republican, was elected President in 1880. His nomination was a defeat for party leaders known as Stalwarts, who openly opposed civil service reforms begun by Hayes.

Fugitive Slave Laws

Fugitive Slave Laws, or The 1850 Law, in United States history, legislation to assure slave-holders that runaway slaves would be returned.

George M Pullman

Pullman, George Mortimer (1831–1897), a United States inventor and industrialist.

Haymarket Riot

Haymarket Riot, a bombing and shooting incident that occurred when police tried to break up a gathering of striking workmen on May 4, 1886, near Haymarket Square in Chicago.

Injunction

Injunctionin law, a writ (order) of a court requiring a party to refrain from doing something he proposes to do or to stop doing what he has already started.