Famous Americans
Politicians Thomas Paine Wrote Common Sense which called for independence from Britain Thomas Paine
Alexander Hamilton Federalist Sec. of Treasury Bank of U.S.
John Marshall Chief Justice of Supreme Court; decisions helped increase power of federal gov t established judicial review
Douglas MacArthur Led U.S. occupation of Japan after WWII Led UN troops during Korean War dismissed by Pres. Truman for disagreeing with him
Joseph McCarthy Senator who led anti communist movement claimed there were communists in State Dept. and U.S. Army
Thurgood Marshall Head lawyer for NAACP during Brown v. Board of Ed first African American Supreme Court justice
Sandra Day O Connor st female Supreme Court Justice 1 st
Businessmen Henry Ford automobile manufacturer used assembly line and interchangeable parts made Model T affordable
John Rockefeller industrialist who had monopoly in oil industry [Standard Oil Company] philanthropist
Andrew Carnegie industrialist who had monopoly in steel industry [Carnegie Steel] philanthropist defended Social Darwinism
Bill Gates Businessman software developer [Microsoft] philanthropist
Reformers William Lloyd Garrison Abolitionist published anti slavery newspaper The Liberator
To help protect your privacy, PowerPoint prevented this external picture from being automatically downloaded. To download and display this picture, click Options in the Message Bar, and then click Enable external content. Frederick Douglas Abolitionist former slave published The North Star also spoke for women s rights
Harriet Tubman Abolitionist helped slaves escape by the Underground Railroad
Booker T Washington African American educator and scientist founded Tuskegee Institute felt Blacks should earn equality through education and hard work
WEB Du Bois African American civil rights leader founder of NAACP opposed Booker T Washington s viewpoint influenced Harlem Renaissance by stressing pride in heritage
Jane Addams Founder of Hull House in Chicago [settlement house for immigrants] supported women s rights won Nobel Peace Prize
Jacob Riis Muckraker exposed poor conditions of slums and tenements wrote How the Other Half Lives
Dorothea Dix social reformer worked for improved treatment of mentally ill
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Suffragette organized the Seneca Falls Convention president of the National Woman Suffrage Association
Susan B Anthony Suffragette Leader of women s rights movement
Samuel Gompers Labor leader organizer of the American Federation of Labor [skilled labor union]
Rosa Parks Activist refusal to give up bus seat lead to 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott beginning of civil rights movement
Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights leader use of civil disobedience and non violence founded Southern Christian Leadership Conference I Have a Dream speech won Nobel Peace Prize assassinated in 1968
Malcolm X Leader of Black Power movement advocated black separatism and use of violence if necessary assassinated in 1965
Cesar Chavez Latino labor leader migrant farm worker formed United Farm Workers Union organized grape boycott
Rachel Carson Biologist; wrote book Silent Spring attacking use of pesticides stimulated environmental movement
Betty Friedan Women s rights activist wrote Feminine Mystique (1963) which encouraged women to work outside the home founded National Organization of Women (1966)
Jesse Jackson African American civil rights activist ran for president served as diplomat to negotiate with foreign leaders
Writers and Artists Harriet Beecher Stowe Wrote Uncle Tom s Cabin which increased moral opposition to slavery
Upton Sinclair Muckraker journalist wrote The Jungle which led to Meat Inspection Act of 1906 and Pure Food and Drug Act
Langston Hughes African American author and poet leading figure during Harlem Renaissance
Duke Ellington Jazz and Blues artist during Harlem Renaissance help popularize American music worldwide
Miscellaneous Sacco and Vanzetti Italian immigrants; anarchists executed for armed robbery and murder during the Red Scare of the 1920s cleared in 1977
Eleanor Roosevelt First lady political activist for rights of African Americans and women helped create UN Declaration on Human Rights and UN commission on Human Rights
Jackie Robinson Professional baseball player first African American to play for major league baseball [Brooklyn Dodgers]