Important People

Threatened a march on Washington unless FDR opened up federal jobs to blacks – FDR did

“Father” of American naval aviation; invented airplane technology still in use today

Leader of the Republican Senate;refused to ratify Wilson’s Treaty of Versailles without changes

First African-American US Army general

Leader of the Filipino rebellion against Spain and, later, the US

Writer whose stories centered on the “rags-to-riches” American dream

Commanded all US ground forces in the Pacific during WWII

Head of American Fed. of Labor non-political labor union;advocated "bread and butter" issues

Commanded the US Army in the landings at Normandy June, 6 1944;Known as the “Soldier’s General”

Governor of the “Banner Progressive State of Wisconsin”

Exposed the monopolistic practices of Standard Oil resulting in anti-trust action against it

US Attorney-General who led raids on radicals/deported foreigners in the first Red Scare

Most decorated US war hero of WWI; won awards for actions in the Battle of the Argonne

Progressive who established Hull House that was used as a model for other settlement houses

Led crusade against the lynching of blacks

Exposed unsanitary meatpacking practices in The Jungle; prompted Pure Food and Drug Act

Invented barbed wire

Infamous New York party boss of the corrupt Democratic Tammany Hall political machine

“The Wizard of Menlo Park”; invented the light bulb and movie projector among other items

First director of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC)

Pioneer in the birth control movement; helped found Planned Parenthood

General who commanded the American Expeditionary Force in France during WWI

Reporter who exposed the harsh living conditions of immigrants; wrote How the Other Half Lives

Black militant who broke from the policy of accommodation; helped found the NAACP

Thought blacks should raise themselves up by education and better skills; Atlanta Compromise

Dominated the US oil industry; founded the Standard Oil Corporation

Secretary of the Interior; convicted in the Teapot Dome scandal

Flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean in The Spirit of St. Louis

Wrote The Influence of Sea Power on History; advocated for a strong US Navy and foreign bases

Invented the telephone; founded the AT&T corporation

Black militant who advocated separation from whites and, later, a Back-to-Africa movement

Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during WWII

Commanded US naval forces in the Pacific during WWII

Democratic and Populist nominee for president in 1896; prosecution of the Scopes “Monkey” trial

Dominated the US steel industry; advocated philanthropy in his “Gospel of Wealth”

Argued that “survival of the fittest” and laws of nature applied to society/Social Darwinism

The biggest political threat to FDR during the Depression; advocated “Share the Wealth” program

Name given to farmers on the Great Plains

Founded the American Railway Union; Socialist candidate for President in several elections

Introduced the form of music called Jazz

Famous trial lawyer; headed the defense in the Scopes “Monkey” Trial

Headed the Committee for Public Information (CPI)- American propaganda agency during WWI