Important Figures PowerPoint
Alexander Hamilton (Late 1700s) Believed in strong national govt Federalist Believed in paying off foreign debt but having the national govt absorb state debt Est. first national bank
Thomas Jefferson (Late 1700s) Believed in strong state govt Anti-federalist Believed in paying off foreign debt and state debt
John Marshall (Late 1700- early 1800s) Chief Justice for the Marbury v. Madison case Established Judicial Review
Henry Clay (early-mid1800s) Known as the great compromiser Compromise of 1850 and the American System
Abraham Lincoln (mid 1800s) Elected b/c of split vote President that caused the south to secede Est. the emancipation proclamation 10% reconstruction plan
William Jennings Bryan (late 1800s- early 1900s) Cross of Gold Speech Belief in Bimetallism
Andrew Carnegie (Late 1800s-early 1900s) Horizontal Integration US Steel Robber Barron
John D. Rockefeller (Late 1800s – Early 1900s) Vertical and Horizontal Integration Standard Oil Robber Baron
Upton Sinclair, Jacob Riis, and Ida Tarbell (Late 1800s – Early 1900s) Upton- The Jungle : whistleblower on the meat packing industry Riis- How the other half lives wrote about the unsanitary conditions of life for an immigrant Tarbell – Wrote about the injustices of Standard Oil
Boss Tweed (Late 1800s) Boss of Tammany Hall Political Machine Leader
Theodore Roosevelt (Late 1800s- early 1900s) Square Deal Head of Rough Riders Progressive President Big Stick Diplomacy
Susan B Anthony (Late 1800s-Early 1900s) Leader of the suffragettes Achieves the women’s right to vote with amendment 19
Booker T Washington (Late 1800s) Atlanta Compromise Was ok with segregation along as blacks had rights Gradual Integration Work in labor jobs and work up to the top
WEB Du Bois (Early 1900) Niagara Conference Wanted the top 10% to be integrated into society Gain a liberal arts education and enter the work force at higher level jobs
William Taft (Early 1900s) Progressive President Dollar Diplomacy Hand picked by Teddy
Woodrow Wilson (Early 1910s) President during WWI 14 pts and league of nations Morale Diplomacy
Herbert Hoover (1920s) President at the beginning of the depression Believed in rugged individualism
Franklin Roosevelt (1930s-1940s) Created the new deal and the 2nd new deal President during depression and WWII Wife was a big advocate for women and children
Harry Truman (Late 1940s-ealry 50s) President at the end of WII Drops the atomic bomb Deals with Korean War Truman Doctrine- $ help with European nations who resist communism Fair Deal
Joseph McCarthy (1950s) McCarthy trials Hunted for reds Accused people with very little evidence
Eisenhower (1950s) Eisenhower doctrine- military support for middle east Domino Theory- one fall others will fall
Kennedy (Early 1960s) Cuban Missile Crisis Bay of Pigs Berlin Wall Crisis New Frontier
Lyndon B Johnson (Mid-Late 1960s) President that is blamed for Vietnam war Great Society
Nixon (1968-1974) Ends US involvement in Vietnam Watergate Scandal SALT I Detente
Ford/Carter Ford: (1974-1976) - WIN (whip inflation now) - Helsinki Accords Carter: (1976- 1980) - Camp David accords - Iran Hostages
Reagan (1980-1988) New Right Reaganomics Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”) Iran-Contra Affair
George H Bush (1988-1992) Persian Gulf War Economy fails
Clinton (1992-200) New Democrat NAFTA Impeachment
George W Bush (2000-2008) Axis of Evil Iraq War Patriot Act
Barack Obama (2008-Present) Healthcare Reform Act Death of Osama bin Laden Economic stimulus and recession