People of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

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  1. 4. advocate for the advancement of African Americans through skill-based education and employment
  2. 7. industrialist and founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust
  3. 10. American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping
  4. 12. author of The Jungle in which he hoped to expose the poor working conditions in the US meatpacking industry, though it instead led to public concern regarding unclean meat-packing processes; this led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act
  5. 14. sociologist who advocated for full civil rights and the educational advancement of African Americans, a founding member of the NAACP
  6. 15. American writer and humorist who wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), coined the phrase Gilded Age
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  1. 1. advocate for education reform and suffrage for women
  2. 2. photographer whose work raised awareness about the working conditions of child laborers
  3. 3. industrialist and philanthropist who led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century
  4. 5. her book,The History of the Standard Oil Company, revealed the corruption of industrial monopolies
  5. 6. financier and banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age
  6. 8. journalist who raised awareness of racial discrimination and violence, particularly lynching, a founding member of the NAACP
  7. 9. pioneer of the mass use and distribution of electricity
  8. 11. photographer whose book, How the Other Half Lives, raised awareness about the urban poor
  9. 13. co-founder of Hull House which helped new immigrant women with job skills, education, and social integration