1. Important Figures PowerPoint

2. 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

3. Thomas Jefferson (Late 1700s)
Believed in strong state govt
Anti-federalist
Believed in paying off foreign debt and state debt

4. John Marshall (Late 1700- early 1800s)
Chief Justice for the Marbury v. Madison case
Established Judicial Review

5. Henry Clay (early-mid1800s)
Known as the great compromiser
Compromise of 1850 and the American System

6. Abraham Lincoln (mid 1800s)
Elected b/c of split vote
President that caused the south to secede
Est. the emancipation proclamation
10% reconstruction plan

7. William Jennings Bryan (late 1800s- early 1900s)
Cross of Gold Speech
Belief in Bimetallism

8. Andrew Carnegie (Late 1800s-early 1900s)
Horizontal Integration
US Steel
Robber Barron

9. John D. Rockefeller (Late 1800s – Early 1900s)
Vertical and Horizontal Integration
Standard Oil
Robber Baron

10. 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

11. Boss Tweed (Late 1800s)
Boss of Tammany Hall
Political Machine Leader

12. Theodore Roosevelt (Late 1800s- early 1900s)
Square Deal
Head of Rough Riders
Progressive President
Big Stick Diplomacy

13. Susan B Anthony (Late 1800s-Early 1900s)
Leader of the suffragettes
Achieves the women’s right to vote with amendment 19

14. 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

15. 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

16. William Taft (Early 1900s) Progressive President Dollar Diplomacy
Hand picked by Teddy

17. Woodrow Wilson (Early 1910s)
President during WWI
14 pts and league of nations
Morale Diplomacy

18. Herbert Hoover (1920s) President at the beginning of the depression
Believed in rugged individualism

19. 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

20. 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

21. Joseph McCarthy (1950s) McCarthy trials Hunted for reds
Accused people with very little evidence

22. Eisenhower (1950s)
Eisenhower doctrine- military support for middle east
Domino Theory- one fall others will fall

23. Kennedy (Early 1960s) Cuban Missile Crisis Bay of Pigs
Berlin Wall Crisis
New Frontier

24. Lyndon B Johnson (Mid-Late 1960s)
President that is blamed for Vietnam war
Great Society

25. Nixon (1968-1974) Ends US involvement in Vietnam Watergate Scandal
SALT I
Detente

26. Ford/Carter Ford: (1974-1976) - WIN (whip inflation now)
- Helsinki Accords
Carter: ( )
- Camp David accords
- Iran Hostages

27. Reagan (1980-1988) New Right Reaganomics
Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”)
Iran-Contra Affair

28. George H Bush ( )
Persian Gulf War
Economy fails

29. Clinton ( )
New Democrat
NAFTA
Impeachment

30. George W Bush ( )
Axis of Evil
Iraq War
Patriot Act

31. Barack Obama (2008-Present)
Healthcare Reform Act
Death of Osama bin Laden
Economic stimulus and recession