Unit 5 History II-- People Crossword
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1) An English social philosopher, he applied the Darwinian principles of natural selection to society, developing a theory, social Darwinism, that promoted the ideas of competition and individualism and opposed government intervention2) professional buffalo hunter and Army scout, he rose to fame through his popular Wild West stage show, which toured for more than 30 years.3) A leader of the women’s suffrage movement, she was famously arrested for voting illegally in the 1872 presidential election. She was an active and sought-after speaker for decades and founded the National American Woman Suffrage Association.6) A steamboat and railroad magnate, the “Commodore” was patriarch of one of the wealthiest American families and endowed a major university in Nashville, Tenn7) This Ohio Republican was the 23rd president, ousting Grover Cleveland. During his presidency, the “billion-dollar Congress’’ passed the McKinley Tariff Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act.10) Coming from the corrupt Customs House in New York City, he was James Garfield’s vice president and was surprisingly effective in completing Garfield’s term, the establishment of civil service being his primary achievement.11) Sioux chief, he waged a successful war against the U.S. military in 1866-68, which included the Fetterman Massacre, and later guided his people in their transition to reservation life.12) The author of Women and Economics (1898), she typified the increasing inquiry by women of the period into many subjects that previously were taboo, including politics, economics and sexuality.15) A military officer remembered primarily for his “Last Stand” at Little Big Horn, Mont., where his force was wiped out by Sioux warriors, he was a young and aggressive Union commander during the Civil War before fighting in the Indian Wars.21) Considered one of the most innovative writers of the late 19th century, he is most remembered for his realistic depiction of the carnage of war in The Red Badge of Courage (1895). He died of tuberculosis at 28 23) A pioneering engineer and inventor, his work formed the basis of alternating current electrical systems Which won the “war of the currents,” and helped make electrification possible.26) Considered one of America’s greatest novelists, many of his best books, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) employ his keen wit in describing life along the Mississippi River.27) He founded the American Federation of Labor in 1886 and served as its president for most of the next 38 years, making it the nation’s most important labor group while bargaining for better wages and working conditions, and shorter hours for the craft unions that comprised the AFL.28) A social worker and reformer, she founded one of the first settlement houses, Chicago’s Hull House, in 1889 to bring education, culture and practical assistance to residents of that city’s slums. |
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4) A black civil rights leader and sociologist, he wrote The Philadelphia Negro (1898), a study of the effect of urban life on blacks. He advocated a strategy of actively challenging5) Considered perhaps the best president between Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, he is the only one to serve two
non-consecutive terms as the 22nd and
24th president. He was known for his
honesty, stubbornness and hard work.8) The author of the bestselling Progress and Poverty (1879), he advocated a “single tax” on land as the means to equalize wealth and his book was one of the first of a series of critiques of industrial society.9) Following the Panic of 1893, this struggling businessman led an “army” to the steps of the Capitol to press for a massive road-building program to put jobless to work. He was clubbed, arrested and jailed.13) This author turned to realism to portray the impact of industrial age in the poem “Society” (1895) and in books such as The Rise of Silas Lapham (1884), which describes the rise and fall of an entrepreneur. He achieved his greatest influence as a literary critic.14) His shrewd business dealings built his company, Standard Oil, into a near-monopoly in the petroleum industry and made him the richest man in the world. He also was a noteworthy philanthropist, giving away much of his wealth.16) A rousing speaker and populist politician known as “The Great Commoner,” he ran for president three times as a Democrat and lost each time. A religious conservative, he was an advocate of prohibition and an opponent of evolutionary theory, serving as prosecutor at the Scopes Trial, and resigned as secretary of state over U.S. entry into World War I.17) The most notorious of the big-city political bosses in the late 19th century, he headed the corrupt Tammany Hall Democratic machine that dominated New York City politics.18) A labor leader and frequent political candidate, he rose to prominence by leading the Pullman Strike of 1894, helped found the Industrial Workers of the World and ran for president as a Socialist five times from 1900 to 1920.19) The foremost black leader of his generation, this former slave guided the Tuskegee Institute for more than 30 years, working with both black and white benefactors to provide practical education for blacks.20) This Ohioan was narrowly elected the 20th president in 1880 but his plans to reunify a fragmented Republican Party and cut the tariff were derailed when he was assassinated by a deranged office seeker just months into his presidency.22) This historian’s 1893 influential paper, which argued that the frontier had shaped the American character, influenced generations of Western historians.24) This Sioux chief led warriors in years of resistance to the U.S military, culminating in their annihilation of Custer’s troops at Little Big Horn in 1876. He ultimately surrendered and, after a brief spell as an attraction in a Wild West Show, returned to Lakota territory and was killed by Indian agency police during his arrest in 1890, shortly before the Wounded Knee Massacre.25) Elected to two terms at the turn of the 20th century while conducting his “front porch campaigns,” he was an activist president at a time of economic recovery, growing progressivism and American imperialism. His second term was cut short by an anarchist’s bullet.29) The “Wizard of Menlo Park” produced a string of notable inventions, including the incandescent bulb, the phonograph and the motion picture camera, and received more than 1,000 patents during his lifetime.30) This scientist and inventor developed the first practical telephone, changing communications in the late 19th century and making his name synonymous with his innovation.31) This Dutch immigrant used journalism and photography to document the poverty and related problems of American cities in How the Other Half Lives (1890).32) This Scottish immigrant embodied the classic rags-toriches story, creating the world’s largest steel company. He sold his firm for $480 million in 1901 and subsequently spent his fortune on libraries, church organs, institutes, universities, including one he founded in Pittsburgh, Pa., and other philanthropic endeavors.33) A respected Oglala Lakota war leader, he participated in the Fetterman Massacre, Little Big Horn and the Great Sioux War. He was killed while attempting to escape in 1877.34) The leading
financier of the Industrial Era and an
advocate of “trusts,” which he argued
brought order to the chaos of the
marketplace, he branched out with
extensive holdings in steel and railroads.35) After starting his first discount store in 1879, his chain of five-anddime stores grew into one of the largest, its New York City headquarters being the world’s tallest building from 1913 to 1930.36) An Illinois farmer, his invention of barbed wire in 1874 made him very rich and dramatically changed the nature of ranching and farming in the West.37) A Baptist minister and theology professor, he expounded on the responsibility of organized religion to advance social justice that was central to the Social Gospel movement.
38) The son of a former slave and a freeborn black woman, this native Texan was the “King of Ragtime,” writing 44 pieces, including numerous hit songs, in this syncopated, piano-based musical form. |
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