My U.S. History project. Includes Jacob Riis, Robert M. La Follette and Alice Paul.

1. Unit 5 People and Terms
By Jeremy Hilliard(Period 3)

2. Jacob Riis
• Born May 3, 1849; Died May 26, 1914
• He immigrated from Denmark to the U.S.
• He worked as Journalist and Photographer
in his early career.
• He was specialist in Muckraking and was
one of the first photographers to use a flash.
• He later became subject to poverty and
worked as a police reporter.

3. Robert M. La Follette
• Born June 14, 1855; Died June 18, 1925
• Nicknamed “Fighting Bob” La Follette.
• He was a U.S. Congressman and a
Governor of Wisconsin.
• He also served as a Senator and ran for
President.
• He(tying with Henry Clay) was
considered the greatest congressman of
U.S. History(up to1982).

4. Alice Paul
• Born January 11, 1885; Died July 9, 1977
• She was a suffragist and activist in
America.
• She, along with other women, spearheaded
a fight for women’s suffrage.
• She was successful in doing so and made
actions like women’s vote possible.
• The 19th Amendment was then created in
1920.

5. Square Deal
• It was one of President Roosevelt’s
programs.
• It was composed of progressionist ideas.
• They were the conservation of resources,
control over big corporations and
protection of consumers.
• It was designed to help middle-class
people.
• It also was designed to protect small
businesses.

6. Northern Securities
• It was a railroad trust group formed in 1902.
• It was formed by E. H. Harriman, James J. Hill,
J. P. Morgan and J. D. Rockefeller.(Pictured)
• They owned railroad companies like Northern
Pacific and Great Northern Railways.
• They were sued by President Roosevelt on the
basis of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 in
1902.
• The Northern Pacific and Great Northern
Railways were responsible for 100% of their
funds after 1902.

7. United Mine Workers
• A labor union for mine workers in the U.S.
and Canada.
• It was founded in 1890 in Columbus, Ohio.
• Before the forming, they were in two
groups: The Knights of Labor Assembly and
the National Progressive Miners Union.
• After the National Recovery Act in 1933,
the mine workers were organized and
became labor workers.
• Today, the union also has Health care
workers and more.

8. Hepburn Act
• It was a U.S. law passed in 1906.
• It gave the ICC(Interstate Commerce
Commission) power to control
railroad rates.
• It also allowed them too control oil
rates, ferry rates, etc.
• It, along with the Elkin’s Act, helped
the ICC achieve railroad regulation.
• However, the low rates of railroads
was one of the events led to the
Panic of 1907.

9. Upton Sinclair
• Born September 20, 1878; Died
November 25, 1968.
• He was a famous Author and
Muckraker.
• One of his most famous writings
was his 1906 novel The Jungle.
• In the book, he reveals the
horrors of the meat industry.
• Months after the release, he
included a passage on both the
Pure Food and Drug Acts.

10. Joseph G. Cannon
• Born May 7, 1836; Died November 12,
1926.
• He served as Republican leader and
Speaker of the House from 1903-1911.
• He served the second longest terms as
Speaker in the U.S.
• He also became the first to hold over 40
years of service as a U.S. Congressman.
• Most still consider him the greatest
Speaker of the House.

11. Payne-Aldrich Tariff
• It was a U.S. law enacted in
1909.
• It was named after Sereno
E. Payne and Nelson W.
Aldrich.
• It was a bill lowering tariffs
on imported goods.
• It was the only tariff law
since 1897.
• It was officially passed on
April 9, 1909.

12. Richard Ballinger
• Born July 9, 1858; Died June
6, 1922.
• Served as Mayor of Seattle
Washington from 1904-1906.
• He also served as Secretary of
the Interior from 1909-1911.
• He was not a supporter of labor
unions.
• He was accused of interferring
in the investigation of coal
producer in Alaska.

13. Progressive Party
• It was an American political
group formed in 1912.
• It was made after a spilt in the
Republican party.
• It was also known as the Bull
Moose Party.
• Teddy Roosevelt was the
leader.
• He survived an assassination
attempt when he was making
his campaign speech.

14. New Nationalism
• It was Progressive political policy.
• It was Teddy Roosevelt’s basis
during his run for President in
1912.
• He introduced it to the American
public in a speech on August 31,
1910.
• The idea was focused on property
rights and better welfare.
• It was rivaled by Woodrow
Wilson’s “New Freedom” policy.

15. New Freedom
• It was a U.S. Political policy.
• It was the basis of Woodrow
Wilson’s campaign for
President.
• It focused on the reforming of
Antitrust and tariffs.
• It mocked Teddy Roosevelt’s
“New Nationalism” policy.
• Once he got elected president,
however, his appeared to
discard his policy.

16. Federal Trade Commission
• It is a U.S. government agency.
• It was formed in 1914 as a part of
the Federal Trade Commission Act.
• It’s main purpose was to protect
business consumers from being
eliminated.
• It also was designed to prevent
anti-competitive business practices.
• It was one of President Wilson’s
acts against trust.

17. National Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People
• It was a U.S. Civil rights group.
• It was designed to educate those
who were racially insulted and
abused.
• It’s one of the few racial groups that
has the words “Colored People”.
• It’s Headquarters are in Baltimore,
Maryland.
• It’s usually abbreviated NAACP.