People of the Progressive Era
W.E.B. DuBois
1st African American to earn Ph.D. from Harvard, encouraged blacks to resist systems of segregation and discrimination, helped create NAACP
William H. Taft
27th US president, took over presidency after Theodore Roosevelt, strengthened Interstate Commerce Commission, "Great Trust Buster"
Woodrow Wilson
28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, created Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act
Ida B. Wells
An African-American woman who achieved nationwide attention as leader of the anti-lynching crusade. She was also a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic candidate for president in 1896 under the banner of "free silver coinage" which won him support of the Populist Party. ---Democratic Party would adopt Populist Party platform - "Cross of Gold Speech"
Jacob Riis
Early 1900's muckraker who wrote the book "How The Other Half Lives"; exposed the poor conditions of the poor tenements in NYC
Lincoln Steffens
Journalist (writing for McClure's Magazine) he criticized the trend of urbanization with a series of articles under the title Shame of the Cities.
Francis Willard
Leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) which advocated total abstinence from alcohol. Her efforts led to the 18th amendment
Ida Tarbell
Leading muckraking journalist whose articles documented the Standard Oil Company's abuse of power
John Muir
Naturalist who believed the wilderness should be preserved in its natural state. He was largely responsible for the creation of Yosemite National Park in California. "Father of the National Park Service"
Thomas Nast
Political cartoonist who exposed Boss Tweed/Tammany Hall
Upton Sinclair
This muckraker wrote "The Jungle," which exposed the truth about the US meat packing industry. This led to the creation of the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act
Teddy Roosevelt
Trustbuster, conservationist - President
Susan B. Anthony
social reformer who campaigned for women's rights, temperance, and was an abolitionist, helped form the National Woman Suffrage Association--efforts lead to 19th amendment
Robert LaFollette
the Wisconsin governor who was a progressive reformer - "The Danger of Representative Government"
Jane Addams
the founder of Hull House (settlement house), which provided English lessons for immigrants, day cares, and child care classes