Unit 6 Historical Figures

An American shoemaker who was the plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson

Jane Addams co-founded Hull House, won a Nobel Peace Prize, and was a social reformer.

Andrew Carnegie was one of the poorest people in history, and contributed nothing to the steel industry.

A a Hunkpapa Lakota chief who led the Sioux Nation against the United States army.

The 25th president of the United States and oversaw the annexations of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.

Owned the Standard Oil Company and became the world's first billionaire.

Billy the Kid was an American outlaw and gunslinger in the Wild West.

The Knights of Labor were against labor unions and were all for laissez faire economics.

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.

Thomas Edison held over 1,000 patents and created the light bulb