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30 Cards in this Set
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Newspaper reporter, wrote How the Other Half Lives, describing urban life
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Jacob Riis
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William M. Tweed, one of the most corrupt city bosses( in New York City)
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Boss Tweed
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Political cartoonist who criticized Boss Tweed
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Thomas Nast
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President, 1877-1881; wanted to end spoils system by reforming civil service
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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President, 1881; wanted to reform civil service but was assassinated
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James Garfeild
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President, 1881-1885; triend to end spoils system
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Chester A. Arthur
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President, 1885-1889, 1893-1897; supported lower tariffs
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Grover Cleveland
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Helped found American Scoialist Party, 1898
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Eugene V. Debs
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One of the most effective muckrakers
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Lincoln Steffens
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Muckraker; revealed the unfair practices of the oil trust
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Ida Tarbell
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Wrote The Jungle, describing horrible conditions in Chicago's meatpacking plants
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Upton Sinclair
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Wisconsin's governor and senator; reformed state's electorial system by introducing primaries
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Robert La Follette
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National reform leader; educated the poor about health care
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Lillian D. Wald
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Sufferagist; established Hull House, a settlement house, in Chicago
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Jane Adams
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Italian nun who came to the United States to work with the poor
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Mother Cabrini
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Suffragist, civil rights worker, co-founded NAACW
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Mary Church Terrell
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Suffragist, co-founder of National Woman Suffrage Association
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Suffragist, co-founder of National Woman Suffrage Associan
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Susan B. Anthony
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Suffragist, minister, doctor; led National American Woman Suffrage Association
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Anna Howard Shaw
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Suffragist, educator, newspaper editor; led National American Woman Suffrage Association
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Carrie Champman Catt
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Quaker, militant suffragist; founded National Woman's Party; fought for economic and legal equailty for women as well as suffrage
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Alice Paul
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President, 1913-1921; progressive reformer; initially didn't support woman suffrage
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Woodrow Wilson
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Turned Woman's Christian Temperance Union into a powerful organization
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Frances Willard
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Temperance crusador
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Carry Nation
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Suffragist; first woman to serve Congress
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Jeanette Rankin
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President, 1897-1901; favored big business; Assassinated
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William McKinley
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President, 1901-1909; wanted to prove federal government athority over big business; nickname was trustbuster
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Theodore Roosevelt
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President, 1909-1913; not as popular as Roosevelt, but carried out his reform policies
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William Howard Taft
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Founded Tuskegee Institute, National Negro Business League, encourged African Americans to work slowly, patiently, and peacefully for quality
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Booker T. Washington
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Outspoken supporter of back-to-Africa movement
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Marcus Garvey
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