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1. Abolitionist who wrote for The Liberator - was a voice for the women's suffrage movement - discovered Frederick Douglass - wrote for the North Star
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
William Lloyd Garrison
Mark Twain
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
2. Journal of Occurences (first wire newspaper) - American Revolution - Spanish American War
Bob Woodward
Daniel Ellsburg
Samuel Adams
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
3. Author of comon sense - American Revolution
Carl Bernstein
Morley Safer
Thomas Paine
J.W. Milam
4. Susan B. Anthony's partner - started The Revolution/NWSA
Nellie Bly
Nellie Bly
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Judith Miller
5. Anti-communism - republican - 'list' of communists in the House and Senate
Richard Harding Davis
Joseph McCarthy
Henry Ford
J.W. Milam
6. African American journalist who wrote about lynching - scared for her life
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Ida B. Wells
Mark Twain
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
7. Suffragist - founder of the newspaper-The Revolution - partner was Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Seneca Falls convention - Part of the National Woman Suffrage Association
Susan B. Anthony
Roy Bryant
Judith Miller
Nellie Bly
8. Anti-communism - republican - 'list' of communists in the House and Senate
Morley Safer
Mark Felt
Ida B. Wells
Joseph McCarthy
9. Killed Emmett Till with L.W. Milam - confessed in an interview with 'Look' Magazine
Ida Tarbell
Roy Bryant
Samuel Adams
Seymour Hersh
10. Radio journalist - CBS partner with Fred Friendly and made 'Hear it Now' and 'see it now' covered racial integration and the Korean war - combated anti-communism - did a report on Joseph McCarthy
Nellie Bly
Edward R. Murrow
Seymour Hersh
Lucy Stone
11. Killed Emmett Till
Edward Bernays
Joseph Pulitzer
J.W. Milam
Seymour Hersh
12. Founder of PR - Sigmund Freud's nephew - used psychology in his work - Torches of Freedom
Edward Bernays
Richard Harding Davis
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
Nellie Bly
13. Killed Emmett Till
J.W. Milam
Thomas Nast
Bob Woodward
Joseph McCarthy
14. Covered Watergate - worked for The Washington Post - edgy - dropout - didn't go to college - chased down sources in New Mexico
Daniel Ellsburg
J.W. Milam
Carl Bernstein
Thomas Paine
15. Studied in a mental instituion - wrote for The New York World under Pullitzer
Edward Bernays
Daniel Ellsburg
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
Nellie Bly
16. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax
Ida B. Wells
Joseph McCarthy
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
Seymour Hersh
17. Created the concept of objectivity -third person - no sides - less personal - New York Times
Adolph Ochs
Frederick Douglass
Daniel Ellsburg
Mark Twain
18. Alabama Governor during the Selma March - led to Voting Act of 1965
Adolph Ochs
Roy Bryant
George WAllace
Susan B. Anthony
19. Founder of PR - Sigmund Freud's nephew - used psychology in his work - Torches of Freedom
Edward R. Murrow
Edward Bernays
Ida Tarbell
Bob Woodward
20. Wrote The Alarm - was in an interracial marriage - led the International Working People's Association. He was convicted for the bomb attack on city police known as the Haymarket Affair or Haymarket Riots - Anarchist
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed
William Randolph Hearst
Albert Parsons
21. CBS reporter - Zippo Segment
Susan B. Anthony
Bob Woodward
Morley Safer
George WAllace
22. African American journalist who wrote about lynching - scared for her life
Ida B. Wells
Daniel Ellsburg
Edward Bernays
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
23. Created the concept of objectivity -third person - no sides - less personal - New York Times
Adolph Ochs
Samuel Adams
Carl Bernstein
Mark Felt
24. African American Chicago boy - brutally murdered in the south - his mother put his body on display after He was killed - open casket
Susan B. Anthony
Emmett Till
Albert Parsons
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
25. Tammany Hall - Nast - got the Irish vote - rigged election - center of conspiracy - Governor of New York - Democrat
26. 9/11 reporter - jumped on the bandwagon
Judith Miller
Samuel Adams
Bob Woodward
Bob Woodward
27. Wrote The Alarm - was in an interracial marriage - led the International Working People's Association. He was convicted for the bomb attack on city police known as the Haymarket Affair or Haymarket Riots - Anarchist
Richard Harding Davis
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed
Albert Parsons
Susan B. Anthony
28. CBS radio - Catholic priest who spoke against the KKK - admired Hitler-hated the Jews - wider range of audience
Charles Coughlin
Thomas Paine
Seymour Hersh
Mark Felt
29. American Women's Suffrage Association - Conservative - women's rights - Women's journal
Judith Miller
William Randolph Hearst
Bob Woodward
Lucy Stone
30. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate
Emmett Till
Ben Bradlee
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed
31. Former slave - captivating and articulate speaker - editor of his own paper - had a book 'The Narrative life of Frederick Douglass -' was discovered by William Lloyd Garrison in 1841 - who then asked Douglass to speak at an anti-slavery convention. A
Thomas Nast
Susan B. Anthony
Albert Parsons
Frederick Douglass
32. Wrote McClure's Standard oil and the tactics they used
Ida Tarbell
Adolph Ochs
Frederick Douglass
Joseph Pulitzer
33. Spanish American War - Yellow Journalism - Harper's Weekly
Bob Woodward
Thomas Nast
Richard Harding Davis
Carl Bernstein
34. Killed Emmett Till with L.W. Milam - confessed in an interview with 'Look' Magazine
Roy Bryant
Mark Twain
J.W. Milam
Emmett Till
35. Wrote satire against imperialism and the colonization of the Philippines
Bob Woodward
Thomas Nast
Mark Twain
Joseph McCarthy
36. Radio journalist - CBS partner with Fred Friendly and made 'Hear it Now' and 'see it now' covered racial integration and the Korean war - combated anti-communism - did a report on Joseph McCarthy
Edward R. Murrow
Henry Ford
Lucy Stone
Carl Bernstein
37. Started the New York Journal - Journalism of Action - yellow journalism
William Randolph Hearst
Joseph Pulitzer
Thomas Paine
Mark Felt
38. Watergate - partner to Bernstein - went to college - professional
Daniel Ellsburg
Thomas Paine
Bob Woodward
Charles Coughlin
39. Vice president of The Washington Post during Watergate
Emmett Till
Mark Twain
Ben Bradlee
Roy Bryant
40. Racist - hated the Irish - yellow journalism - cartoons - wrote for Harper's Weekly - founder of 'Watchdog journalism' because of his work against Tammany Hall - is considered the father of the American Cartoon
William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed
Thomas Nast
Adolph Ochs
Edward R. Murrow
41. CBS radio - Catholic priest who spoke against the KKK - admired Hitler-hated the Jews - wider range of audience
Thomas Nast
Edward R. Murrow
Charles Coughlin
Seymour Hersh
42. Exposed My Lai and its cover up - won Pullitzer Prize
William Randolph Hearst
Seymour Hersh
Samuel Adams
Adolph Ochs
43. Former slave - captivating and articulate speaker - editor of his own paper - had a book 'The Narrative life of Frederick Douglass -' was discovered by William Lloyd Garrison in 1841 - who then asked Douglass to speak at an anti-slavery convention. A
Frederick Douglass
Joseph Pulitzer
Ben Bradlee
Albert Parsons
44. Covered Watergate - worked for The Washington Post - edgy - dropout - didn't go to college - chased down sources in New Mexico
Carl Bernstein
Lucy Stone
Richard Harding Davis
Thomas Paine
45. Deep throat - provided Bernstein and Woodward with information - FBI agent
Mark Felt
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
Seymour Hersh
Ben Bradlee
46. Abolitionist who wrote for The Liberator - was a voice for the women's suffrage movement - discovered Frederick Douglass - wrote for the North Star
J.W. Milam
Morley Safer
William Lloyd Garrison
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
47. Tammany Hall - Nast - got the Irish vote - rigged election - center of conspiracy - Governor of New York - Democrat
48. Racist - hated the Irish - yellow journalism - cartoons - wrote for Harper's Weekly - founder of 'Watchdog journalism' because of his work against Tammany Hall - is considered the father of the American Cartoon
Thomas Nast
Edward Bernays
William Lloyd Garrison
Bob Woodward
49. Miscegenation pamphlet - hoax
Mark Felt
J.W. Milam
Judith Miller
Goodman Croly and George Wakeman
50. Started the New York Journal - Journalism of Action - yellow journalism
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Thomas Paine
William Randolph Hearst
Thomas Nast