| A | B |
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| Lincoln Steffens | Wrote Shame of the Cities, exposing municipal (city) corruption |
| Robert M. LaFollette | As governor of Wisconsin, he became the most celebrated state-level reformer |
| Jane Addams | Created & operated Hull House in Chicago |
| Jacob Riis | Wrote "How the Other Half Lives" |
| Florence Kelly | Created the National Consumers League (NCL) |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Nicknamed "The Trustbuster", but he regulated monopolies |
| Jacob Coxey | Organized the 1st Popular Protest March |
| Woodrow Wilson | This president wanted to "take down" monopolies! |
| Election of 1880 | Civil Service Reform was a major issue during the "Bloody Shirt" campaign |
| Election of 1884 | Featured such slogans as "Ma, Ma, Where's My Pa?" |
| Election of 1888 | For the first time since MVB, a president was voted out |
| Election of 1892 | During this election, the Populists were formed |
| Election of 1896 | The "Cross of Gold Speech" was given during this election |
| Election of 1900 | Imperialism & the "Full Dinner Pail" were issues |
| Election of 1908 | The Democratic candidate wanted to socialize railroads |
| Election of 1912 | This election featured the "Bull Moose Party"! |
| James G. Blaine | "The Continental Liar From the State of Maine" |
| Grover Cleveland | The 22nd AND 24th President! |
| James Weaver | The first Populist Party Presidential candidate |
| William Jennings Bryan | Delivered the "Cross of Gold" Speech |
| William McKinley | Assassinated in 1901 in Buffalo |
| Eugene V. Debs | The most famous Socialist Party Pres. candidate |
| Theodore Roosvelt | Running in 1904, he capitalized on a hostage crisis |
| William Taft | He crushed the "Boy Orator of the Platte" in 1908 |
| Munn v. Illinois | "Business Affected With the Public Interest" |
| Muller v. Oregon | Famous for the "Brandeis Brief" |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Established "Separate But Equal" |
| Northern Securities Case | "Restraint of Trade & Commerce" |
| Booker T. Washington | Author of "Up From Slavery" |
| W.E.B. Dubois | Author of "The Souls of Black Folk" |
| Ida Tarbell | Attacked Rockefeller & Standard Oil |
| Upton Sinclair | Author of "The Jungle" |
| "Stalwarts" | Wanted to keep the "Spoils System" |
| "Mugwumps" | Wanted to create the "Merit System" |
| Panic of 1893 | As the railroads went, so did the economy |
| Galveston Hurricane (1900) | The worst natural disaster in U.S. History |
| Pullman Strike of 1894 | Pres. Cleveland sent in troops to move the mail |
| "Crime of '73" | Congress removed silver as a metal backing up $ |
| Populists | Coining silver & agriculture were its main focus |
| "Solid South" | A major poliical stronghold for White Democrats |
