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