| A | B |
| Jane Addams | She worked on reform for poor and immigrants in the late 1800's. She also helped establish the first Hull House |
| Dorothea Dix | She reformed prisons and poorhouses in the mid 1800's. She helped in creating mental assylums. |
| W.E.B. DuBois | In the late 1800's, he was a major leader of African American reform. His philosophy was to stand up for black rights. Also, he opposed another great african-american leader, Booker T. Washington |
| Marcus Garvey | During the early 1900's, this author stressed "black pride." He worked for African American reform |
| Booker T. Washington | In the late 1800's, he taught many blacks the proper attitude and skills to deal with american society. |
| Lucretia Mott | In the mid 1800's, she worked for women's rights and held the first convention for women's rights |
| John Muir | He worked for environmental conservation i the early 1900's. He established Yellowstone Park |
| George Pendelton | In the late 1800's, he reformed the civil service. |
| Gifford Pinchot | In the early 1900's, he worked for environmental conservation. He set aside 200 million acres for forests and National Parks |
| Jacob Riis | He exposed the horrors child labor in the late 1800's |
| Theodore Roosevelt | in the early 1900's, he bought and helped build the panama canal. |
| Margaret Sanger | She worked for women's rights in the early 1900's. She promoted the idea to spread information on birth control. |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | In the mid 1800's, she worked for women's rights and helped women win the right to vote. |
| Harriet Tubman | She was the head of the underground railroad. She led many African American slaves to freedom in the mid 1800's. |
| Woodrow Wilson | He worked for reform in economy in the early 1900's. He enforced anti-trust acts. |
| Carrie Chapman Catt | She fought for women's rights and was a suffragists. |
| William Howard Taft | he had the economic policy of "dollar diplomacy" in the early 1900's |
| Thomas Nast | Political cartoonist who exposed corruption within the government |
| Upton Sinclair | wrote the novel "The Jungle". This book exposed the horrors of the meat industry. |
| Muckrakers | Reporters that dug up the dirt and helped exposed corruption or any problems. |