People I Should Know Flashcards by Alexandra V | Brainscape

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Herbert Spencer

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Advocated Social Darwinism

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Andrew Cargenie

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Industrialist

Wrote Gospel of Wealth (Philanthropy)

Steel industry

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John Rockefeller

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Oil industry

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Vanderbilt

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The rail road industry

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J.P Morgan

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Finance industry

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Knights of labor

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Labor Union

Skilled AND unskilled workers

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American Federation of Labor

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ONLY skilled workers

Focused on bread and butter issues

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Jane Addams

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Helped immigrants grow accustom to the US.

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Ida B Wells

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Reformer

Journalist who exposed lynchings.

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Bucker T Washington

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Reformer

Advocated for economic success for blacks.

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WEB Du Bois

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Reformer

Immediate equality for blacks

Founder of NAACP

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Chief Joseph

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Leader of Nez Pere

Resisted the US government but then finally remarked that he cannot fight no more and forever.

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“New” immigrants

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Southern and Eastern Europe

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The Populist party

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More government involvement in the economy!!!!

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Kipling

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“White man’s burden” and justified imperialism.

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William McKinely

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▶️Spanish American War

President

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Upton Sinclair

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▶️Progressive Era

The Jungle

Inspired the meat inspection act.

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Jacob Riis

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▶️Progressive Era

How the Other Half lives

Exposed living conditions of poor.

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Alice Paul

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▶Progressive Era

Women’s suffrage