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Important Figures PowerPoint

Important Figures PowerPoint. Alexander Hamilton (Late 1700s). Believed in strong national govt Federalist Believed in paying off foreign debt but having the national govt absorb state debt Est. first national bank. Thomas Jefferson (Late 1700s). Believed in strong state govt

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Important Figures PowerPoint

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  1. Important Figures PowerPoint

  2. Alexander Hamilton (Late 1700s) • Believed in strong national govt • Federalist • Believed in paying off foreign debt but having the national govt absorb state debt • Est. first national bank

  3. Thomas Jefferson(Late 1700s) • Believed in strong state govt • Anti-federalist • Believed in paying off foreign debt and state debt

  4. John Marshall(Late 1700- early 1800s) • Chief Justice for the Marbury v. Madison case • Established Judicial Review

  5. Henry Clay(early-mid1800s) • Known as the great compromiser • Compromise of 1850 and the American System

  6. Abraham Lincoln(mid 1800s) • Elected b/c of split vote • President that caused the south to secede • Est. the emancipation proclamation • 10% reconstruction plan

  7. William Jennings Bryan(late 1800s- early 1900s) • Cross of Gold Speech • Belief in Bimetallism

  8. Andrew Carnegie(Late 1800s-early 1900s) • Horizontal Integration • US Steel • Robber Barron

  9. John D. Rockefeller(Late 1800s – Early 1900s) • Vertical and Horizontal Integration • Standard Oil • Robber Baron

  10. Upton Sinclair, Jacob Riis, and Ida Tarbell(Late 1800s – Early 1900s) • Upton- The Jungle : whistleblower on the meat packing industry • Riis- How the other half lives wrote about the unsanitary conditions of life for an immigrant • Tarbell – Wrote about the injustices of Standard Oil

  11. Boss Tweed(Late 1800s) • Boss of Tammany Hall • Political Machine Leader

  12. Theodore Roosevelt(Late 1800s- early 1900s) • Square Deal • Head of Rough Riders • Progressive President • Big Stick Diplomacy

  13. Susan B Anthony(Late 1800s-Early 1900s) • Leader of the suffragettes • Achieves the women’s right to vote with amendment 19

  14. Booker T Washington(Late 1800s) • Atlanta Compromise • Was ok with segregation along as blacks had rights • Gradual Integration • Work in labor jobs and work up to the top

  15. WEB Du Bois(Early 1900) • Niagara Conference • Wanted the top 10% to be integrated into society • Gain a liberal arts education and enter the work force at higher level jobs

  16. William Taft(Early 1900s) • Progressive President • Dollar Diplomacy • Hand picked by Teddy

  17. Woodrow Wilson(Early 1910s) • President during WWI • 14 pts and league of nations • Morale Diplomacy

  18. Herbert Hoover(1920s) • President at the beginning of the depression • Believed in rugged individualism

  19. Franklin Roosevelt(1930s-1940s) • Created the new deal and the 2nd new deal • President during depression and WWII • Wife was a big advocate for women and children

  20. Harry Truman(Late 1940s-ealry 50s) • President at the end of WII • Drops the atomic bomb • Deals with Korean War • Truman Doctrine- $ help with European nations who resist communism • Fair Deal

  21. Joseph McCarthy(1950s) • McCarthy trials • Hunted for reds • Accused people with very little evidence

  22. Eisenhower(1950s) • Eisenhower doctrine- military support for middle east • Domino Theory- one fall others will fall

  23. Kennedy(Early 1960s) • Cuban Missile Crisis • Bay of Pigs • Berlin Wall Crisis • New Frontier

  24. Lyndon B Johnson(Mid-Late 1960s) • President that is blamed for Vietnam war • Great Society

  25. Nixon(1968-1974) • Ends US involvement in Vietnam • Watergate Scandal • SALT I • Detente

  26. Ford/Carter Ford: (1974-1976) - WIN (whip inflation now) - Helsinki Accords Carter: (1976- 1980) - Camp David accords - Iran Hostages

  27. Reagan(1980-1988) • New Right • Reaganomics • Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”) • Iran-Contra Affair

  28. George H Bush(1988-1992) • Persian Gulf War • Economy fails

  29. Clinton(1992-200) • New Democrat • NAFTA • Impeachment

  30. George W Bush(2000-2008) • Axis of Evil • Iraq War • Patriot Act

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