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New York Politician
Criticized in political cartoons by Thomas Nast
Known for political corruption
Leader of Tammany Hall
William “Boss” Tweed
African American
Wrote Up From Slavery
Told blacks they must prove their economic value through hard work
Founded Tuskegee University
Booker T. Washington
Liked band music
Sought to provide food, shelter and temporary employment
Organized his organization with a military structure
Salvation Army
William Booth
Sociologist
African American
The Philadelphia Negro
The Souls of Black Folk
Helped form the NAACP
W. E. B. Du Bois
Campaigned for cuts in tariffs and veterans’ pensions
Democrat
Supported by “mugwumps”
Elected twice
Lost to Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
Donated $34 million to the University of Chicago
Sought vertical and horizontal integration
Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
Honest governor of Ohio
Restored respect to the office of the Presidency
“Lemonade Lucy”
His presidency ended Reconstruction
Rutherford B. Hayes
Novelist
Reformer
Meat packing industry
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
Republican
“Half Breed”
Arthur as VP
Assassinated
James A Garfield
Republican
Known for a high tariff
Expanded the Veterans’ Pensioners
Elected in 1896 and 1900
VP was TR
Assassinated
William McKinley
Progressive reformer
Democracy and Social Ethics
Woman
Twenty Years at Hull House
Jane Addams
Racist
Reformer
Democrat
President
Defeated by TR and Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Senator from Colorado
Believed the U.S. should renounce any interest in controlling Cuba
His idea was an amendment to the U.S. declaration of war on Spain
Henry Teller
Chicago Architect
Inspired Frank Lloyd Wright
“form should follow function”
Louis Sullivan
U.S. Admiral
Spanish American War
Battle of Manila Bay
Took control of the Philippines
George Dewey
Economist
Criticized the lifestyles of the capitalist elite
Introduced the idea of “conspicuous spending”
Author of Theory of the Leisure Class
Thorstein Veblen
Muckraker
Woman
History of the Standard Oil Company
Ida Tarbell
American’s Woman’s Home
Encouraged the cult of domesticity
Wrote about Victorian etiquette
Her sister wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Catherine Beecher
Newspaper Owner
Yellow Journalism
Owner of The World
Established prize for journalism
Joseph Pulitzer
NYC customs official
Stalwart
VP
Introduced Civil Service Reform,
Became President after Garfield’s assassination
Chester A. Arthur
Novelist
Railroad barons
The Octopus
Frank Norris
Democrat
Presidential Candidate
Populist
Promoted “free silver”
“Cross of Gold Speech”
William Jennings Bryan
Wisconsin Governor
Reformer
Political reforms
“The Wisconsin Idea”
Robert LaFollett
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