Influential Figures of the Progressive Era in America

1. Booker T. Washington -In 1888 Booker T. Washington was appointed the first president of Tuskegee Institute, an Alabama trade school for blacks. -known throughout the United States as a spokesman for African Americans -As African Americans struggled with Caucasian in the united states he taught African Americans to be strong. -His speeches earned him the respect of many Americans, both black and white. But other blacks criticized him for failing to take a stand against racial inequality http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Booker_T._Washington.JPG Increasing the rights of african americans

2. Theodore Roosevelt, Trusts/ monopolies • The latter included a plan for federal supervision of all interstate business • when Americans were disturbed by the abuses of big business • The waste of the nation's natural resources, and the threatened loss of traditional values

3. Sherman antirust act Trusts/monopolies Sherman antirust act passed by congress in 1840 The Sherman antirust of 1840 was designed to prohibit trust and restricting trade between states and foreign countries It was the first legislative enacted by the united states congress in 1980 reducing economic competition

4. John Muir CONSERVATION After a while as a California fruit grower Muir earned enough money to commit himself entirely to the cause of conservation. Muir and Robert U. Johnson’s effort made the Yosemite National park bill pass in 1890. He worked toward gaining popular and federal support for forest conservation and the establishment of national parks. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/John_Muir

5. Lewis Hine In 1911 he was hired by the national child labor committee Hine used his camera in the cause of social reform Boy employed by the Turky Kob mine Lewis took a picture of him

6. Thomas Nast Between 1869 and 1871 he produced a series of cartoons attacking New York's Tammany Hall and William M. Tweed. Tweed had to go to jail because of corrupt conduct of public business. He popularized the tiger as a symbol of Tammany hall, contributed to the American concept of the appearance of Santa Claus, and invented the donkey and elephant emblems of the Democratic and Republican parties. His cartoons were probably one of the chief factors in the machine downfall. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boss_Tweed,_Thomas_Nast.jpg

7. Corruption in cities William “Boss” Tweed 1.From 1851-1871 Tweed and his helpers looted New York of 30-200 million dollars 2. After showing in the press Tweed was arrested for larceny and forgery this was exposed by Thomas Nast 3. Tweed would give money to the poor so that they would vote for him. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tweed-Boss-LOC.jpg

8. Frances Willard • Frances Willard wrote frequently and for WCTU publication. • Frances Willard helped banned alcohol. • WCTU stands for Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frances_Willard_Munds.jpg • She was president of the WCTU . http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frances_Willard.jpg

9. Elizabeth Cady Stanton http://commons.wikimedia.org Planned first organized demand for women’s suffrage in U.S. Her father told her “Oh, my daughter, I wish you were a boy! She never forgot what he said. She was the leader in women’s right's movement.

10. Conservation Gifford Pinchot He served as a member of the public lands commission In 1904 he became chairman of the National Conservation Commission In 1920 he was a appointed state forester of pennsylvania

11. Susan B. Anthony http://commons.wikimedia.org Famous for her part in the woman's suffrage movement Susan B. Anthony was president of the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association or N. A. W. S. A. and was at the Seneca falls convention of 1848. In 1872 she was arrested and fined for trying to vote. She refused to pay the fine. http://commons.wikimedia.org

12. Upton Sinclar 1.The Jungle was written after Sinclair was sent to Chicago 2.Investigates conditions in the city's stockyards of Chicago 3.The meat inspection acthelped stop bad food from going to the store Meat packing factories

13. THEODORE ROOSEVELT Conservation (Saving the Environment) • In 1905 Roosevelt reorganized the forest serviced and made Gifford Pinchot its chief. • Roosevelt doubled the number of the National parks. • Roosevelt pressed for Conservation the protection of natural resources.

14. Chester Alan Arthur! 1) The 21st president of the United States. 2) He supported and signed into law the reform Civil Service Act of 1883. 3) Chester Alan Arthur was born in North Fairfield, on October 1829. From Wikipedia

15. The Hatchet became her symbol in 1901 Carrie Nation She Destroyed stocks of liquor and Wrecked furniture with a hatchet She Got little support from the Temperance Movement

16. !Jacob Riis! Jacob Riis is a journalist, photographer, and reformer, publicized the plight of immigrants in New York City slum tenements. He drifted into newspaper work and worked as a police reporter for the ‘New York Tribune.’ http://commons.wikimedia.orgwiki http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki

17. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) NAACP parade against East St. Louis race riot   Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock, Arkansas   The NAACP ask the congress to pass the Civil Right Act at 1964 and Voting Right Act at 1965. Those act help African American to gain equal right The NAACP played an important role during the civil rights movement of the 1960s

18. W.E.B. Du Bois Helped organized the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (NAACP) Was a leading champ of the liberation of African and people of African descent. Tried to end racial discrimination. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/W.E.B._Du_Bois