APUSH Unit 7 Pt 1 Key Figures

Upton Sinclair

Wrote “The Jungle” and called out child labor & low wages.

Carrie Nation

Radical abolitionist known for smashing saloons, associated with the WCTU.

Robert M. La Follette

Wisconsin governor who advocated for fair wages and living conditions along with political reforms like referendums and ballot initiatives.

Ida Tarbell

Muckraking journalist who advocated for the end of Standard Oil.

Lincoln Steffens

Editor of McClure’s magazine, wrote “The Shame of the Cities.”

John Muir

Established the Sierra Club in 1892, preservationist.

Margaret Sanger

Developed birth control and established organizations and clinics for abortion/birth control.

Florence Kelley

Focused on ending child labor, but most known for suffrage.

William Randolph Hearst

Politician and newspaper publisher who created “yellow journalism.”

Ida B. Wells

Journalist who argued against lynching and co-founded the NAACP.

W.E.B. DuBois

Cofounder of the NAACP, advocated for immediate social justice.

Carrie Chapman Catt

Conservative suffragette who founded NAWSA.

Alice Paul

Confrontational suffragette who formed the National Women’s Party and pushed for the 19th amendment.

Emilio Aguinaldo

President of the Philippines after independence.

William Howard Taft

President from 1909-13, created an income tax, known for trust-busting and dollar diplomacy.

Theodore Roosevelt

President from 1901-9 who worked for domestic reforms and strong foreign policy.

Queen Liliuokalani

Last monarch of Hawaii whose power was taken by the U.S. government due to business interests.

Orville Platt

Wrote the Platt Amendment, giving the U.S. long term control over Cuba.

Woodrow Wilson

President from 1913-21, instituted strong policy reforms via the Clayton Antitrust Act and the Federal Reserve Act, moral values in imperialism.

John Hay

Secretary of state that created the Open Door Policy.

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Civil war veteran and naval officer who supported a strong navy and imperialistic tendencies.

Joseph Foraker

Politician known for the Foraker Act, which made Puerto Rico a territory, also worked against Theodore Roosevelt.

Eugene Debs

Socialist, activist, and pacifist who ran for president and was jailed during WWI.

Frances Willard

First president of WCTU, compromising suffragette.