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Susan B. Anthony
She was a leader for women's rights movement and pushed for women's suffrage. Thanks to Susan B. Anthony, she helped pushed for the 19th amendment to achieve women's suffrage, and push a step forward in women's rights. She as well campaigned against alcohol and slavery during her time. -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams is known as the mother of Social Work. What she brought to American Settlements was settlement houses. She created settlement houses to help those in need around in neighborhoods. She as well was an author, and led women's suffrage, and took place in protests. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist. One of the major things he did was lead the expansion of the steel industry in the 19 century. He was known to be one of the richest people, and in worth a net worth of 372 billion dollars in 2014 -
Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells was an African American journalist who was an abolitionist and a feminist. She also talked of unjustified deaths of many other fellow African Americans. -
Eugene V. Debs
Was the creator of the American railway union. He was someone who supported labor movements and wanted change in how things truly worked. He also was part key to help form the socialist party of America. -
Clarence Darrow
Mr.Darrow is an american lawyer with the intention to shape American Industrialism. He had a debate to set the oath of how the american industries should be looking like in the future. He also looked at the treatment of individuals that have conflict with the law. -
Upton Sinclair
He was an american novelist and a political writer. He then became and important muckraker in the 1900's to help expose the improper conduct in politics and business. He also helped improve the meat packing industry, he helped improve the conditions of the way they were doing things in the meat packing industry. -
Theodore Roosevelt
When Roosevelt became the 26th president after the assassination of president McKinley, he led congress to push for stronger foreign policy. Another great thing Roosevelt did was establish national parks in the west for public use. He as well won the nobel peace prize for mediating the russo-Japanese war and establishing peace between their conflict. -
16th Amendments
The 16th amendment pretty much allows the central government charge income tax without reason if needed. The reasoning for this tax was due to drinking issue America was having at the time, and America received a lot of money from the taxes that were imposed on alcohol. But to improve quality of life in the U.S they banned alcohol, and as well added a new form of tax to get money. -
William Jennings Bryan
He was a Nebraska congressman, but later became Woodrow Wilson's secretary. As his secretary he supported peace, and as well wanted to have women's suffrage and at the time prohibition.
