Booker T Washington An educator, First African American principal of the Tuskegee University. Proved that black people can get a good education and go to school. Made a point that black and white people are all the same. Quote: “ In all things that are purely social we can be separate as the fingers , yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.” Citing: 1) http://school.eb.com/elementary/art-66928/Booker-T-Washington?&articleTypeId=38 ,2) http://school.eb.com/all/eb/art-120226

This is Gifford Pinchot Conservation He was mainly known for being part of the United States Forest Service He was know for Protecting many of The United States National Forest. He was best friends with Teddy Roosevelt a out spoken conservative http://school.eb.com/all/eb/article-9060058?query=gifford%20pinchot&ct=null

Jacob Riis City Living Conditions Riis became a reporter for the police and he took photographs of crowded slums and tenement houses. Riis worked with Roosevelt and built schools in slums and fixed all the problems with the tenement houses. Riis wrote his first book How The Other Half Lives in 1890 which was about all of the problems with crowded tenements and it had a great influence on his movement for his reform. http://commons.wikimedia.org

Carry Nation Temperance Movement When Carry’s first husband died from drinking she turned against alcohol and saloons. Carry would appear in saloons and try to damage as much of the place as she could with her hatchet. During the 1890’s, Carry began her famous campaign against saloons. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Kitchen_hatchet_head_view.jpeg

Upton Sinclaire Upton was a famous writer in the early 1900’s. He was most famous for his book the jungle which was about the gruesome details of the meat packing industries in Chicago. After this book was published the meat inspection act was made.

Square Deal Trusts/Monopolies http://school.eb.com/search?ct=&query=tree http://school.eb.com/search?ct=&query=tree President Roosevelt thought that all people should have the same opportunities One goal of the Square Deal was to preserve natural resources Another goal was to attack “serious social problems” http://school.eb.com/all/search?query=square+deal

The Seneca Falls Convention The Seneca Falls Convention was the official beginning of the women's rights movement in the United States. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Martha Coffin Wright, Jane Hunt, and Mary Ann McClintock organized the convention. It started on July 19, 1848. the woman created a document similar to the declaration of independence that stated that all men and woman were created equal. Pics courtesy of http://commons.wikimedia.org/

Cady Elizabeth Stanton - Womens Rights! The leader of the Women's Rights Movement. - In the Early 1900’s, the Women’s Suffrage Movement gained strength. Over 5 million women were getting wages. Womens Rights! http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/cph/3a20000/3a28000/3a28900/3a28976r.jpg In 1869, Stanton set up the National Woman Suffrage Association with Susan B. Anthony. The National Woman Suffrage Association was a group that worked for a constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/i?pp/ils:@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3a02558)):displayType=1:m856sd=cph:m856sf=3a02558

Ida Tarbell She was known as one of the top leading Muckrakers of her time. She wrote a book called The History of the standard Oil Company which, “Daniel Yergin called the most important business book ever written She was always targeting the unfair practices of big businesses.

American naturalist and conservationist John Muir American naturalist and conservationist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir He lived in Yosemite Valley and reported his scientific findings in occasional magazine articles. He argued that Yosemite Valley had been carved out by glaciers. He wrote “the Mountains of California” which was highly influential and helped President Roosevelt pass the Yosemite National Park Law, which put aside over 132 million acres of protected land in the park. In 1913 he lost the argument to stop the damming of the Hetch Hetchy Valley near San Francisco. The destruction afterwards rallied the public more to help wilderness preservation.

Frances Willard Temperance Movement Chosen Secretary of the WCTU, became the head of WCTU. Also she became President of the World WCTU. The WCTU became one of the largest and most influential women's group of the 19th century. American educator, reformer, and founder of the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1883 Temperance Movement

Thomas Nast Corruption in Cities Made political cartoons His drawing led to “Boss” Tweed’s identification and arrest Showed that Tammany Hall wasn’t good http://go.grolier.com/gol

Susan B. Anthony Women’s right’s Helped pave the way for the 19th Amendment to help woman have the right to vote. Susan B. Anthony Women’s right’s Gave speeches and organized clubs for woman's rights. President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=File%3ASusan++b+anthony

William “boss” Tweed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Tweed In 1852 was elected Democratic alderman of New York City. Tweed gathered people and created a group called “Tweed Ring” they used the board of supervisors as a center for colleting graft. The law office established in 1860 became the channel through which corporations sent their bribes to tweed. Tweed went to Tammany Hall and was virtual dictator of politics in the state.

George Washington Carver Increasing the rights of African Americans Carver found: 300 ways to use peanuts 100 products from sweet potatoes 60 products from Pecans Carver earned his Bachelor of Science Degree and Master of Science Degree. Because of his achievements he was called “Wizard of Tuskegee” and “Goober Wizard”.

He was a historian and a sociologist This Is W.E.B. DeBois He was a civil-rights leader He was a historian and a sociologist His famous quote was “My leadership was a leadership of ideas. I never was, nor ever will be, personally popular.” He wanted to make laws which made all country men free He founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Civil rights organization They tried to give African Americans the right to vote, to be educated, get employed and stop segregation http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=NAACP

Lewis W. Hine Child Labor He published photo stories in reformist social-worker for charity and commons 1911-1917 he started documenting the exploitation of children His pictures and his documents were a big part in getting support for child labor laws

Made monopolies and trusts illegal It wasn’t successful, as nobody really understood what the problem was and how to stop it First really enforced during Theodore Roosevelt's term as president

Teddy Roosevelt Trusts/Monopolies He initiated suits (laws) against 43 other corporations Used Sherman Antitrust act to break up a huge railroad company called the Northern Securities His nickname was the beast

Women's Christian Temperance Movement It was formed in Cleveland Ohio in response to the “woman's crusade” This group was founded in November 1874 The “women's crusade” is a series of temperance demonstrations that swept through New York and much of the Midwest in 1873-1874 Francis Willard founded the Woman's Christian temperance Movement and died in 1898 Annie Turner Wittenmyer was president of this group http://school.eb.com/all/eb/article-9077015

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