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Abraham Lincoln | ![]() His reconstruction plan called for reconciliation. Preservation of the Union was more important to him than punishing the South. |
Fredrick Douglass | ![]() Fought for the adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights. He was a powerful voice for human rights and civil liberties for all. |
Robert E. Lee | ![]() He urged Southerners to reconcile with Northerners at the end of the war and reunite as Americans when some wanted to continue to fight. He became the president of Washington College, which is now known as Washington and Lee University. |
W.E.B. DuBois | ![]() He believed in full political, social and civil rights for African Americans. |
Booker T. Washington | ![]() He believed that African-Americans could achieve equality through Vocational Education. He also accepted social separation. |
Andrew Carnegie | ![]() Captain of the Steel Industry |
John D. Rockefeller | ![]() Captain of the Oil Industry |
Cornelius Vanderbilt | ![]() Captain of the Shipping and Railroad Industry |
Henry Ford | ![]() Captain of the Automobile Industry. He also developed the assembly line |
Alexander Graham Bell | ![]() Invented the telephone |
Thomas Edison | ![]() Invented the lightbulb and other electrical devices. |
Jane Addams | ![]() Founded Hull House |
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