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Susan B. Anthony
an American social reformer and feminist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. -
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Andrew Carnegie
a Scottish-American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. -
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Eugene V. Debs
an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. -
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Clarence Darrow
an American lawyer, leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, and prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform. -
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Theodore Roosevelt
an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States, from 1901 to 1909. -
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William Jennings Bryan
an American orator and politician from Nebraska, and a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's candidate for President of the United States. -
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Jane Addams
a pioneer American settlement activist/reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. She created the first Hull House. -
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Ida B. Wells
an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, Georgist, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. -
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Upton Sinclair
an American author who wrote nearly 100 books and other works across a number of genres. -
16th amendment
allows the federal (United States) government to levy (collect) an income tax from all Americans. Income tax allows for the federal government to keep an army, build roads and bridges, enforce laws and carry out other important duties. -
17th amendment
allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. Senators. -
18th amendment
prohibited the manufacture, sale, transport, import, or export of alcoholic beverages. -
19th amendment
granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. -
Civil Service Reform
movements for the improvement of the civil service in methods of appointment, rules of conduct, etc.