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Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was an american activist who greatly impacted the movement of woman suffrage. She was the New York Agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. Susan was eventually arrested for voting in her home town. -
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Andrew Carnegie
Known as one of the richest americans ever. He was partially responsible for the expansion of the steel industry. During the last few years he gave away over $350 million dollars to charity. -
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Eugene V. Debs
Eugene V. Debs was a founding leader of the Industrial Workers of the World. He was also a candidate for the president of the United States five times. Overtime he became one of the most commonly known socialist. -
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Clarence Darrow
Clarence Darrow was an american lawyer. One of his most famous case was his defence in the thrill killers Leopold and Loeb trial. He is marked as one of the most famous lawyers of all time. -
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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States. He served from 1901 to 1909. He was the leader of the republican party and he was also known as being a very progressive activist. -
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William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was the forty first U.S. Secretary of State. He strongly believed in popular democracy. He also felt strongly against the banks and the gold standard. -
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Jane Addams
Jane Addams was a woman suffrage and world peace activist. She is known as one of the most progressive activist. She insisted that if woman were responsible for beautifying their communities they must be able to vote to do so effectively. -
Homestead Act
President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act. The act encouraged westward migration by offering land to settlers at a small fee. Thanks to this act, over 80 million acres of land was distributed. -
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Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells was an early african-american activist and feminist. She's credited as one of the founders of the NAACP. She also documented lynching in order to prove that it wasn't justified. -
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Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair was a well-known author. He's credited with writing over 100 books. He was most famous for his creation of the book, The Jungle, that exposed the U.S. meat packaging industry. -
Haymarket Riot
At a labor demonstrations, employees were protesting for a eight hour work day. The previous day some protestors lost their lives to the police. In retaliation, a protestor threw a bomb into the crowd of police. -
Dawes Act
The purpose of the Dawes Act was to lift the American Indians from poverty. The tribal lands were divided into allotments. Those indians who accepted these allotments were granted U.S. citizenship. -
16th Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment was ratified in July of 1909. It allowed the states to collect taxes. They could now collect taxes and not share them proportionally amongst other states. -
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18th Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment was ratified in 1918. It prohibited the sale, trade and make of alcohol. It was soon repealed though, in 1933.