Test part 3 (people) Flashcards
ida tarbell
Muckracker; wrote history of standard oil to take down Rockefeller and expose what he was doing in oil company
lincoln steffens
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)
upton sinclair
wrote the jungle which went against meat packing industry and what it was doing wrong
teddy roosevelt
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)
Booker t washington
wrote up from slavery and says blacks get equality by lifting self up through education; gradually through education
WEB Dubois
wrote souls of black folk which says fight for freedom now and booker is wrong and need to demand equality NOW (in the now)
terence powderly
nights of labor
collective barganning
strength in numbers
samuel gompers
American Federation of labor for skilled labors
would have more a union cause people reliable cause skilled/ one of kind
jane addams
settlement homes were packed so made haul houses to help and fix settlement; first to get nobel peace prize; worked with womens rights