Leader of the Lakota Sioux, defeated Gen. Custer and his troops
Who is Sitting Bull
100
A very influential speaker and politician, he supported the Free Silver movement of the Populist party
Who is William Jennings Bryan
100
His big business was selling equipment to miners, and later became governor of California. He believed industries should be owned and managed by the workers.
Who is Leland Stanford
100
Along with Florence Kelley, she opened Hull House, an educational facility for immigrant families in the late 1800s
Who is Jane Addams
100
His were the first department stores in Chicago
Who is Marshall Field
200
He and his band of Apache warriors eluded capture for many years.
Who is Geronimo
200
She visited sweat shops and wrote about the problems for children there. Lawmakers limited working hours for them because of here efforts
Who is Florence Kelley
200
Made his millions in the steel industry, and has a famous concert hall in New York named after him
Who is Andrew Carnegie
200
An Irish immigant, she worked for better working conditions for miners
Who is Mary Harris Jones
200
He invented a speedy process for steel production
Who is Henry Bessemer
300
She worked for the rights of Native Americans, started a school for children, and is the first Indian woman to author a book.
Who is Sarah Winnemucca
300
This journalist and photographer became famous for exposing the horrible conditions in New York City tenement housing
Who is Jacob Riis
300
Beginning with the oil industry, this man also bought railroads, terminals and pipelines.
Who is John D. Rockefeller
300
She fought for women's rights including their right to vote, and temperance - not drinking alcoholic beverages.
Who is Annie Bidwell
300
Invented the moving assembly line to speed up production of his automobiles
Who Henry Ford
400
A Nez Perce' chief, he said in his surrender speech, "I will fight no more forever."
Who is Chief Joseph
400
He designed Central Park in New York City, as well as other state and national parks
Who is Frederick Law Olmsted
400
A politician who used his power to acquire huge land grants to benefit his railroad companies, he owned the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads.
Who is Leland Stanford
400
Indian woman who gave lectures on problems of the reservation system in the 1870s
Who is Sarah Winnenucca
400
Trying out his invention in 1876, he spoke the first telephone message to his assistant, "Mr. Watson, come here - I want to see you."
Who is Alexander Graham Bell
500
A Sioux warrior, he killed 81 cavalry troops, and later with Sitting Bull, destroyed General Custer's army at Little Big Horn
Who is Crazy Horse
500
Founding Chico, California, she also lobbied for moral and social causes such as womens suffrage and temperance.
Who is Annie Bidwell
500
These two men controlled the biggest New York newspapers in the late 1890s
Who are Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolf Hearst
500
She wrote a series of children's books about life on the prairie with her family during western expansion
Who is Laura Ingells Wilder
500
He invented many electric devices including the phonograph and the lightbulb