Apush Unit 7 Important People and Dates

William McKinley 25th President

• known for leading the United States through the Spanish American War, the annexation of the Philippines, and the development of the Open Door Policy for China.

Theodore Teddy Roosevelt 26th President

• known for his progressive policies, trust-busting efforts, and conservation initiatives, as well as for leading the United States in the construction of the Panama Canal.

President William Howard Taft (27th president)

• known for Dollar Diplomacy Foreign Policy, focused on expanding American Investments and trade in Latin America and Asia, and busted more monopolies.

Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan

•  showed that control of the sea was key to world dominance and protecting one's global empire, helped stimulate a naval arms race in the US. 

Emilio Aguinaldo

•  argued that the U.S. violated Filipinos' right to self determination

President WoodRow Wilson

• 28th president known for his progressive policies, leadership during World War I, and the establishment of the League of Nations.

Ida Tarbell

Exposed Standard Oil's monopolistic practices, government passed Sherman Antitrust Act

Lincoln Steffens

•  Revealed municipal corruption in "The Shame of the Cities" city and state leaders were corrupt and took bribes and broke the law.

Upton Sinclair

• exposed dangerous working conditions in meat packing industry through The Jungle, 

Jacob Riss

• Documented tenement conditions through photography in How the Other Half Lives, led to New York city passing building codes to promote safety and health.

Margaret Sanger

• Advocated for birth control access for women

Jane Addams

• Founded Hull House settlement and documented immigrant conditions helped them find a place to live, work, and get education.

Web Du Boi

founded the naacp help african americans gain civil rights disagreed with Booker T

Booker T washington

•  agreed with WEB that African Americans should seek civil rights but disagreed how they should achieve those rights, arguing that African Americans should gain equality by focusing on job training and not demanding.

Ida B wells

• lynching, murder by hanging, started anti-lynching campagain worked with NAACP on different cases and reform movements.

16th amendment

•  Federal graduated income tax. 

17th amendment

Direct election of senators by the people

18th amendment

banned the sale or manufacture of alcohol later repealed

19th Amendment

granted women right to vote

22nd Amendment

President Can only serve two terms

President Hoovert

the 31st President of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933, known for his response to the Great Depression.

President FDR

served as the 32nd President of the United States during the Great Depression and World War II, known for his New Deal policies that aimed to provide relief, recovery, and reform.

President Warren G. Harding

• focused on the nation's desire to focus on domestic prosperity rather than European problems. The United States had a Unilateral approach to international relations. 

President hoover

president during the stock market crash and early great depression

President Truman

Took office at WWIIs end, authorized atomic bombings

President Wilson

led through world war 1; fourteen points and progressive amendments

Progressive Era

1897-1920 McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson

Great Depression

1929-1939 Hoover, FDR

World War 1

1914-1918 WIlson

World War 2

1939-1945, president FDR Truman

Pearl Habor

December 7, 1941 presdient FDR