Test part 3 (people) Flashcards

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ida tarbell

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Muckracker; wrote history of standard oil to take down Rockefeller and expose what he was doing in oil company

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lincoln steffens

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Wrote the shame of cities where he talked about workings of corrupt political machines in several major us cities and a few efforts to combat them (talks about whats going wrong in some cities)

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upton sinclair

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wrote the jungle which went against meat packing industry and what it was doing wrong

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teddy roosevelt

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nickname trust buster said giving everyone a square deal and made domestic policies (average citizen fairness, breaking of trusts, regulation of railroads, and pure food and drug)

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Booker t washington

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wrote up from slavery and says blacks get equality by lifting self up through education; gradually through education

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WEB Dubois

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wrote souls of black folk which says fight for freedom now and booker is wrong and need to demand equality NOW (in the now)

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terence powderly

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nights of labor
collective barganning
strength in numbers

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samuel gompers

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American Federation of labor for skilled labors

would have more a union cause people reliable cause skilled/ one of kind

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jane addams

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settlement homes were packed so made haul houses to help and fix settlement; first to get nobel peace prize; worked with womens rights

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