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HS UIL SS part 2

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Florence Kelley Labor reformer who fought for better working conditions and child labor laws
Margaret Knight Inventor who created a machine for making flat-bottom paper bags
Lewis Latimer African American inventor who helped improve the light bulb
Emma Lazarus Poet who wrote The New Colossus, associated with the Statue of Liberty
Mary Lease Populist speaker who supported farmers and criticized big corporations
Henry Demarest Lloyd Journalist who criticized monopolies and corporate corruption
Belva Lockwood Lawyer and women's rights activist who ran for president
S. S. McClure Publisher who helped develop investigative journalism
William McKinley President during the Spanish-American War who supported high tariffs
J. P. Morgan Banker who financed and reorganized major corporations and railroads
John Muir Conservationist who helped create the national parks movement
Isaac Murphy Successful African American jockey
Thomas Nast Political cartoonist who exposed corruption and helped bring down Boss Tweed
Richard Olney Attorney general who helped the federal government respond to the Pullman Strike
Frederick Law Olmsted Landscape architect who designed Central Park
Ely Parker Seneca leader and Union general who served as Grant's military secretary
Albert and Lucy Parsons Labor activists associated with the Haymarket Affair
Terence V. Powderly Leader of the Knights of Labor
George Pullman Created Pullman sleeping cars and a company town; his workers went on strike
Joseph Rainey First African American to serve in the U.S. House during Reconstruction
Thomas Brackett Reed Powerful Republican Speaker of the House who changed House rules
John D. Rockefeller Created Standard Oil and became one of America's wealthiest businessmen
Russell Sage Wealthy financier and railroad investor
Julia Sand Wrote anonymous letters encouraging President Buchanan to oppose secession
Carl Schurz Politician and reformer who supported civil service reform
Thomas Scott Railroad executive who helped expand the Pennsylvania Railroad
John Sherman Senator who sponsored the Sherman Antitrust Act
Herbert Spencer Philosopher associated with Social Darwinism
Frank Sprague Inventor who helped develop electric streetcars
Amasa Leland Stanford Railroad tycoon who founded Stanford University
Thaddeus Stevens Radical Republican who fought for abolition and African American rights
Josiah Strong Protestant minister who promoted Anglo-Saxon expansion and missionary ideas
John L. Sullivan Famous heavyweight boxer
Louis Sullivan Architect known as the father of the skyscraper
Charles Sumner Senator and abolitionist who fought slavery and supported African American rights
William Graham Sumner Sociologist associated with Social Darwinism
Gustavus Swift Meatpacking businessman who helped develop refrigerated meat transportation
Lyman Trumbull Senator who helped write the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery
Mark Twain Author who used satire to criticize American society
William M. Tweed Political boss of Tammany Hall known for corruption
Alva Vanderbilt Member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family and prominent figure in New York society
Cornelius Vanderbilt Shipping and railroad tycoon who built a huge transportation fortune
Francis A. Walker Economist and Census official who studied economics, population, and immigration
Montgomery Ward Created one of America's first major mail-order businesses
James B. Weaver Populist politician who supported farmers and ran for president
Ida B. Wells Journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching campaign
George Westinghouse Inventor and businessman who promoted alternating-current electricity
Frances Willard Temperance and women's rights leader who supported women's suffrage
Victoria Woodhull Women's rights activist and first woman to run for president
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