People
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Dorthea Dix
Birth- 1802
Death-1887
Created mental asylums throughout the country
She helped both sides of the war even though she was technically a union nurse
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Booker T. Washington
Birth- 1856
Death- 1915
Advocated for African American Rights
Created the Tuskegee University/Institute
Progressive (adj)
Moving toward new ideas, modern policies, or opportunities
Lawsuit (n)
A process in which the courts decide a disagreement or enforce a right
Automobile
1886
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Horace Mann
Birth-1796
Death-1859
American educator
He chose law as a career
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Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
Birth- 1858
Death- 1919
26th president of the United States
Writer and Solider
Diagnosis (adj)
Related to identifying a disease or a problem
Accomodationist (n)
One who compromises or adapts to the attitudes of someone else
Telephone
1876
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Birth-1815
Death-1902
Believed in equal education and opportunities for women
Powerful writer who shaped public opinion
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Jane Adams
Birth- 1860
Death- 1935
Supported Social Reforms
Received a Nobel Peace Prize for her peace activism
Civic center (n)
A building for public performances, sporting events, etc.
Ostracize (v)
To shun or ignore a person
Airplane
1903
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Amelia Bloomer
Birth- 1818
Death- 1894
American Reformer who campaigned for women's rights
Made speaking appearances in NYC and elsewhere
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W.E.B. Du Bois
Birth- 1868
Death- 1963
Most important Black protest leader in the first half of the 20th century
Called the first Pan-African Congress
Contaminated (adj)
Dirty, dangerous, or polluted
Socialist (n)
A person who supports an economic system in which major industries are owned or regulated by the government rather than by private businesses
Edison’s Elective Generating Station:
1882
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Eugene V. Debs
Birth- 1855
Death- 1926
Successfully united railway workers from different crafts into the first industrial revolution
He was sentenced to six months in jail
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Upton Sinclair
Birth- 1878
Death- 1968
Wrote The Jungle
Wrote The Gnomobile
Absolutism (n)
A form of government in which the ruler or leader has unchecked authority to do what they want without any restrictions
Political disenfranchisement (n)
Deprivation of the right to vote