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Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny was used to validate continental acquisitions in the Oregon Country. This meant that america had a divine obligation to stretch the boundaries of their noble republic to the Pacific Ocean -
jane addams
Jane co-founded an early settlement house in the United States known as the Chicago's Hull House. She helped focus on issues that were of concern to mothers such as the needs of children and local public health. In 1915 she became involved in the Woman's Peace Party and was elected national chairman. -
Susan B Anthony
She was the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. She helped establish the American Equal Rights Association She voted illegally in the presidential election and was arrested for the crime. -
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew founded and lead the Carnegie Steel Company. He is credited for the expansion of the American steel industry. He also founded the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Institution for Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland and the Carnegie Hero Fund. -
Ida B. Wells
She was early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. She led an anti-lynching crusade. She published The Red Record a pamphlet describing lynching in the United States -
Clarence Darrow
He was a lawyer who worked as defense counsel in many dramatic criminal trials. He was also a public speaker, debater, and miscellaneous writer. He opposed the death penalty which he said was a conflict with humanitarian progress. -
Eugene V. Debbs
Eugene Debs helped motivate the American Left as a measure of political opposition to corporations and World War I. Debs became involved in the Pullman Strike. Several books have been written about his life as an inspirational American socialist. -
Willian Jennings Bryan
He served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Secretary of State. He ran for president 3 times. He was better known for his personalities and communications skills than his political views. -
Upton Sinclair
American writer who wrote one hundred books and other works in several genres. Sinclair founded the state's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. He is remembered for the line: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -
17 amendment
The 17th amendment provides for regular voters to elect their Senators. There are two Senators for every state, for a total of 100. This system is to make sure that every state has an equal amount of representatives in this important law-making body. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore served as the 26th President of the United States. At the age of 42 he remains the youngest president. He was shot at close range by saloonkeeper John Schrank while greeting the public in front of the Gilpatrick Hotel -
16 amendments
this amendment allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states. Before customs duties and excise taxes were the primary sources of federal revenue. Article I, Section 9, Clause 5; No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.
