| A | B |
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| Fredrick Jackson Turner | Wrote the Fronteir Thesis of American History |
| Benjamin Harrison | President from 1888 to 1892; under his leadership the last of the Indians were subdued |
| William McKinley | President from 1896 to 1904. He led America during the Spanish-American War |
| Marcus Hanna | William McKinley's campaign manager |
| William Jennings Bryan | Presidential canidate who made the famous "Cross of Gold" speech |
| Theodore Roosevelt | American expansionist and wanna-be cowboy who captured the imagination of the American people during the Spanish-American War |
| Richard Croker | Unofficail head of New York's political machine, Tammany Hall |
| Eugene Debs | Influential leader in the labor movements of 1890's; led American Railway Union during Pullman Boycott |
| Brooker T. Washington | Believed educating blacks was key to racial equality; hIs views were accepted by whites since he didn't oppose segregation |
| W.E.B. Du Bois | Belived elite blacks should have equal opportunities as whites in order to pave the way for uneducated blacks |
| J.P. Morgan | Premier banker of the 1890's who orchestrated the merger of several companies to form America's largest ever corporation. He also single-handedly bailed out the American Gov. when confidence in the gold supply began to wane. |
| Andrew Carnegie | Owner of the largest American stell company. He pionered new and more efficent steel making techniques. |
| John D. Rockefeller | Owner of the massive Standard Oil Company. |
| George Westinghouse | Brought electricity to America using alternating current |
| Thomas Edison | Inventor of light bulb, recieved over 1000 patents; he advocated use of direct-current electricity |
| Joseph Pulitzer | Owner of New York World, he helped to make yellow journalism mainstream during the Spanish-American War |
| William Randolph Hearst | Owner of New York Journal; he pionerered yellow journalism as an attempt to crush Pulitzer's rival newspaper. |
