People Flashcards
The Governor of Massachusetts has the largest signature on the Declaration of Independence.
John Hancock
1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, negotiate the end of the American War for Independence, one of the authors of the Federalist Papers.
John Jay
Scottish immigrant made his fortune in steel making, known for “Gospel of Wealth”.
Andrew Carnegie
Made his fortune refining oil; founded Standard Oil.
John D. Rockefeller
Wrote, “How The Other Half Lives”.
Jacob Riis
Founded the American Federation of Labor in 1881.
Samuel Gompers
Inventor known for the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell
Manipulated New York City politics for his own benefit.
Boss Tweed
African-American reformer that founded the NAACP.
W.E.B. DuBois
Democrat elected President in 1912 as a result of a split in the Republican party(Bull Moose Party).
Woodrow Wilson
Succeeded Roosevelt as President, and followed many of his trust-busting policies.
William H. Taft
Proposed that African-Americans achieve equality gradually through job training and education.
Booker T. Washington
Muckraker that wrote of the abuses in the meat packing industry in “The Jungle”.
Upton Sinclair
The progressive president known as the trust buster, identifies companies as good trusts and bad trusts.
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive reform known for establishing the Hull House.
Jane Addams