chapter 9 people
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- Upton Sinclair
- wrote the novel the jungle published in 1906 that described the horrors of the meatpacking industry
- Edward Bellamy
- author of the novel Looking Backward which propose nationalizing trusts to eliminate social problems
- Gifford Pinchot
- Forest Service, felt Ballinger had shown special preference to the purchasing group, protested to a congressional committee then was fired by Taft
- Richard Ballinger
- Taft's Secretary of the Interior, allowed a private group of business people to obtain several million acres of Alaskan public lands
- Jane Addams
- cofounder of Hull House, the first settlement house, remained active in social causes through the early 1900s
- Theodore Roosevelt
- 26th president of the US, fought trusts, aided progressive reforms, built Panama Canal, and increased US influence overseas
- William Howard Taft
- 27th president of the US, 1909- 1913; continued progressive reforms of President Theodore Roosevelt; promoted "dollar diplomacy" to expand foreign investments
- Eugene Debs
- labor leader, ran on the Socialist ticket
- Woodrow Wilson
- 28th president of the US, 1913-1921; tried to keep the US out of World War I; proposed League of Nations
- Louis Brandeis
- progressive lawyer nominated to Supreme Court by Wilson, known for his brilliance and for fighting many public causes, his work earned him the name "the people's lawyer", first Jewish Supreme Court nominee