1. William Jennings Bryan
- William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American orator and politician of Democratic Party from Nebraska. He served two terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives and was a United State Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1915. He starred at the 1896 Democratic convention with his Cross of Gold speech that favored free silver, but was defeated in his bid to become U.S. president by William McKinley. Bryan also lost his subsequent bids for the presidency in 1900 and 1908. Bryan was an important populist who truly cared for benefits of the farmers. Another significant point that made Bryan important was his opposition to the gold standard, which he knew would increase the power of the bankers and corporations and put more farmers into debt.
2. Andrew Carnegie
- Andrew Carnegie (November 25, 1835 - August 11, 1919) was a Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late ninetieth century. He established the Carnegie Steel Company in 1892 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which he sold to J.P.Morgan in 1901, and became the one of the richest man in the history. His role
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(July 8, 1839 - May 23, 1937) was an American oil industry business magnate and philanthropist, who is considered to be the wealthiest American of all time. He founded Standard Oil Company, Inc. with his partners in 1870. Rockefeller had enormous influence on the railroad industry, which transported his oil around the country. Standard Oil dominated the oil industry and was the first great business trust in the United States. Rockefeller was important because of his part in the creation of oil trade monopoly, which was known as Standard Oil Company, and his vastly contributions to charitable organization and education programs such as the Erie Street Baptist Mission Church, University of Chicago, and Rockefeller