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Crazy Horse
A prominent war leader of the Oglala Lakota tribe remembered for his resistance against the U.S. government's encroachment on Native American lands.
Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer
A U.S. Army officer and cavalry commander known for his role in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars.
Chief Joseph
A leader of the Nez Perce tribe in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
Thomas Edison
A renowned American inventor best known for the phonograph, incandescent light bulb, and early motion picture cameras.
Alexander Graham Bell
An inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf, best known for inventing the telephone.
Andrew Carnegie
An industrialist and philanthropist pivotal in the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.
John D. Rockefeller
An American industrialist and philanthropist, founder of Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry.
J.P. Morgan
A powerful American financier and banker who shaped the U.S. economy during the Gilded Age.
Samuel Gompers
A key figure in American labor history, who founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in 1886.
Jane Addams
A pioneering American social reformer, known for co-founding Hull House in Chicago in 1889.
William Marcy Tweed
A prominent and controversial politician in the 19th century, leader of Tammany Hall.
William McKinley
The 25th President of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901.
Ida B. Wells
A pioneering African American journalist and civil rights activist known for her anti-lynching crusade.
Booker T. Washington
A prominent African American educator known for founding the Tuskegee Institute.
W.E.B. Du Bois
A prominent African American sociologist and civil rights activist, the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard.
Jacob Riis
A journalist and social reformer best known for exposing the harsh living conditions of the urban poor.
Eugene V. Debs
A prominent American socialist and labor leader, known for his role in the Pullman Strike of 1894.
Theodore Roosevelt
The 26th President of the United States known for his progressive policies and conservation efforts.
William Howard Taft
The 27th President of the United States focused on trust-busting and tariff reforms.
Upton Sinclair
An author and journalist best known for "The Jungle," which exposed conditions in the meatpacking industry.
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