History Unit 6 At home National Development

American businessman who built his wealth in railroads and shipping and is

best known for building the New York Central Railroad

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D. Rockefeller

• Upton Sinclair

• William Taft

American businessman who led the expansion of the steel industry in the late 19th

century through the practice of vertical integration

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D. Rockefeller

• Upton Sinclair

• Andrew Carnegie

American businessman who co-founded Standard Oil Company and through

the practice of horizontal integration, formed the first great U.S. business trust

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D. Rockefeller

• Upton Sinclair

• Andrew Carnegie

founder and president of the American Federation of Labor

• Samuel Gompers

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• John D. Rockefeller

• Upton Sinclair

• Andrew Carnegie

US Army officer and cavalry commander in the Civil War who later led

troops against Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse during the Sioux War

• Samuel Gompers

• George A. Custer

• Booker T. Washington

• Upton Sinclair

• Andrew Carnegie

authored a non-fiction work that chronicles the experiences of the Native

Americans and inspired American sympathy for the Indians' plight

• Samuel Gompers

• George A. Custer

• Booker T. Washington

• Upton Sinclair

• Helen Hunt

a muckraker who exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry

in his 20th century novel, The Jungle.

• Samuel Gompers

• George A. Custer

• Booker T. Washington

• Upton Sinclair

• Helen Hunt

a muckraker who exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry

in his 20th century novel, The Jungle.

• Samuel Gompers

• George A. Custer

• Booker T. Washington

• Upton Sinclair

• Helen Hunt

civil rights activist who urged blacks to concentrate on furthering themselves

economically through vocational education rather than agitating politically

• Samuel Gompers

• George A. Custer

• Booker T. Washington

• Upton Sinclair

• Helen Hunt

civil rights activist who urged blacks to agitate politically for their rights,

fearing vocational education would force blacks into an inferior labor class

• W.E.B. DuBois

• George A. Custer

• Booker T. Washington

• Upton Sinclair

• Helen Hunt