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