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U.S. History II
Test 2- People
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| W.E.B. Duois | leader of a new generation of African American activists born after the civil war |
| William Jennings Bryan | Democrat and Populist Candidate for President and was a strong supporter of silver |
| Chester A. Arthur | Stalwart and was vice president for Garfield |
| Booker T. Washington | proposed that A.A.’s concentrate on achieving economic goals rather than legal or political ones |
| Ida B. Wells | Launched a fearless crusade against lynching |
| James Garfield | assassination of the president highlighted the need to work seriously on reforming politics |
| William Mckinley | proposed the Mckinley tariff, and became president |
| Grover Cleveland | president that faced a hore of supporters who expected him to reward them with jobs and use the merit system. |
| George Plunkitt | an irish immigrant who rose to be one of NYC's most poweful party bosses |
| William "Boss" Tweed | was Tammany Hall's corrupt leader during the 1860's and 1870's |
| Louis Sullivan | contributed to the design of skyscrapers |
| Herbert Spencer | Argued that society progressed and became better because only the fittest people survived |