Gilded Age/Progressive
I was an industrialist that dominated the steel industry. My company put down the homestead strike. I advocated for the Gospel of Wealth
Andrew Carnegie
I campaigned on New Nationalism and keeping the U.S. out of World War I. When we were dragged into the war I came up with the 14 Points of Peace.
Woodrow Wilson
I was a big proponent of American neutrality in the 30s and early into WWII. Part of the America First Committee
Charles Lindbergh
My Great Society programs and support of the civil rights movement were very popular. However, the involvment in Vietnam destroyed my popularity
LBJ
I had to resign the presidency because of Watergate. Though I did have many accomplishments like ending Vietnam, starting the EPA, and easing tensions with China and the USSR (detente)
Richard Nixon
I exposed Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company and its ruthless business tactics of horizontal integration. I am a muckraker
Ida Tarbell
I founded the Sierra Club, a preservationist organization dedicated to preserving nature. I was an opponent of conservationists like Pinchot
John Muir
I was the head scientist of the Manhattan project
Robert Oppenheimer
I organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott after the arrest of Rosa Parks. I was the head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). I was a keynote speaker on the March to Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Martin Luther King Jr.
I wrote the Feminine Mystique to gain support for the feminist movement.
Betty Friedan
Former slave that advocated for black labor opportunities. Founded the Tuskegee institute, though did not advocate for the end of segregation
Booker T. Washington
I was the President who was known for corruption in the 1920s. The teapot dome scandal indicated some of my closest cabinet members
Warren Harding
We were instrumental in sending military codes during the war. It was impossible for the Japanese to break these codes due to how unique they were
Navajo Code Talkers
I sent in the 101st Airborne to integrate Little Rock High School. I used the CIA to overthrow left wing governments in Guatemala and Iran. I passed the interstate highway act. Also was supreme commander of the allies in Europe during WWII
Dwight D Eisenhower (Ike)
I wrote Silent Spring to convince people on the importance of environmentalism
Rachel Carson
I ran for office 3x as a populist democrat. I lost each time but my cross of gold speech was impactful at the time
William Jennings Bryan
I was the first head of the new FBI. My job was to investigate for communists and other political radicals.
J. Edgar Hoover
I sued the government for interning Japanese Americans during WWII without trial. The court ruled against me
Fred Korematsu
I was a fierce anti-communist who pressured the USSR with major increases in defense spending including a proposal for SDI. Though I later got along well with Soviet leader Gorbachev and am credited with helping end the Cold War. At home I cut taxes and Great Society welfare programs
Ronald Reagan
I was a prominent segregationist governor who opposed civil rights efforts. I ran for president in 1968 on a third party ticket, winning several southern states. I had a speech where I said "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."
George Wallace
Founder of the NAACP. Advocated for immediate equality
W.E.B. Du Bois
I was President when the Great Depression hit. I tried to do limited measures to help but all in vain. The people even named shanty towns after me!
Herbert Hoover
I was the commander of allied forces in the Pacific theater. I led the post war occupation of Japan and then commanded U.N. forces in the Korean War. I was then fired by Truman for wanting to nuke China
Douglass MacArthur
I orchestrated an anti-communist witch hunt which mostly targeted my political opponents, Hollywood actors, and university professors.
Joseph McCarthy
I was the last leader of the USSR. I implemented Glasnost and Perestroika which eroded communism while trying to reform it. I worked with Reagan to end Cold War hostilities
Mikhail Gorbachev