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Important People
U.S. History
Term | Definition |
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Susan B. Anthony | Active for women's suffrage; leader of the Women's Right's movement. |
Andrew Carnegie | Industrialist and philanthropist; built a major steel company. |
Frederick Douglass | Escaped slave, abolitionist and founder of the North Star. |
Dorothea Dix | 19th century reformer who revolutionized mental health reform. |
Henry Ford | His designs and production methods made it possible for the average American to own an automobile. |
W.E.B. Du Bois | Founder of the NAACP; civil rights leader. |
Samuel Gompers | Organized the American Federation of Labor (AFL), a craft union of skilled workers. |
Alexander Hamilton | Secretary of Treasury promoted the economic development of the nation. |
Malcolm X | Leader of the "black power" movement. |
John Marshall | First chief of justice of the U.S. Supreme Court - in Marbury v. Madison confirmed the right of the court to declare federal laws unconstitutional. |
Harriet Beecher Stowe | Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. |
Upton Sinclair | Muckraker and journalist of the Progressive Era; wrote "The Jungle" about the meatpacking industry. |
Jane Addams | Founder of settlement houses to help immigrants adjust to U.S. |
Marcus Garvey | Founder of the "Back to Africa" movement. |
Martin Luther King Jr. | Leader of the Civil Rights movement for African-Americans; used civil disobedience and marches to achieve an end to segregation. |
Joseph McCarthy | Led a campaign to find suspected Communism in the U.S. during the 1950's. |
Rosa Parks | Refused to give up her seat on the bus; inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott to end racial segregation. |
Jacob Riis | Journalist, photographer and social reformer; used his writings and photos to show need for better housing for the poor. |
Booker T. Washington | Founded the Tuskegee Institute; African-American educator, author, and leader. |
Sacco & Vanzetti | Italian immigrants and anarchists who were executed for armed robbery and murder in the 1920's. |