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Quiz, Quiz, Trade CardsImportant People in
American History
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Important People in United States History
• Principal author of the Declaration of Independence
• US Ambassador to France
• Washington’s Secretary of State
• 3rd President• Authorized Louisiana
PurchaseThomas Jefferson
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Important People in United States History
• Delegate to 1st and 2nd Continental Congresses
• Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army
• Chairman of the Constitutional Convention
• 1st President of the USA-served two terms
George Washington
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Important People in United States History
• 16th President of USA• Helped build the Republican
Party • Administration
– Civil War– Gettysburg Address– Emancipation Proclamation
• Assassinated before he could implement Reconstruction Plans
Abraham Lincoln
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Important People in United States History
• Rough Rider during the Spanish American War
• Vice-Pres. For McKinley; succeeded to presidency after the assassination
• Supported expansionism, Panama Canal, powerful navy, national parks, prosecuted trustsTheodore Roosevelt
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Important People in United States History
• Most renowned defense attorney of his time
• Argued criminal conspiracy cases, union violence, and labor union cases
• Most famous case: defense of John T. Scopes in Tennessee case of teaching evolutionClarence Darrow
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Important People in United States History
• Noted politician and orator
• Supported reforms benefiting ordinary people
• Ran unsuccessfully for president three times
• Famous Speech: Cross of Gold
William Jennings Bryan
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Important People in United States History
• Mass produced the Model T automobile
• Reduced the price of the Model T by refining the assembly line
• World-wide influence on the development of the automobile industry
Henry Ford
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Important People in United States History
• Set a record flying The Spirit of St. Louis non-stop from St. Louis to Paris on May 20-21, 1927
• Served as a technical advisor to commercial airlines and to the US military following the attack on Pearl Harbor
Charles A. Lindbergh
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Important People in United States History
• Social Reformer; partnered with Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Organized the Women’s State Temperance Society
• Outspoken proponent of Women’s Suffrage and equal rights for women
Susan B. Anthony
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Important People in United States History
• 1888 first African American to earn Ph.D. at Harvard
• Called for immediate extension of rights to blacks, opportunities for education, and equal access to public facilities
• Believed in the Talented Tenth
• Active in NAACP
W.E.B. DuBois
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Important People in United States History
• Montgomery, Alabama minister rose to prominence in Civil Rights Movement
• 1957 Organized the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• Organized sit-ins, boycotts, and protest marches
• I Have a Dream Speech during march on Washington
• Assassinated 1968
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Important People in United States History
• U.S. Army General during WWII– Eisenhower’s “eyes and
ears” in North Africa– Commanded the First
Army on D-Day
• U.S. Army Chief of Staff in 1948
• First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Omar Bradley
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Important People in United States History
• Scottish immigrant to US
• Fortune made in production of steel using the Bessemer Process
• Shared wealth through a range of philanthropic causes, granting more than $350,000,000 to worthy causes such as libraries, research, and education
Andrew Carnegie
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Important People in United States History
• 1964 elected to New York Legislature without support of New York political machines
• 1968 First African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress
• Ran unsuccessfully for president in 1972
Shirley Chisholm
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Important People in United States History
• Supported unionization and labor reform, opposed strikes, and favored negotiations as a means to improve labor
• Founded the American Railway Union in 1893, it’s failure convinced him to call for a socialist economy
• Joined the Socialist Democratic Party
• Ran unsuccessfully for president five times
Eugene V. Debs
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Important People in United States History
• U.S. Military General– Commanded Allied forces in
Europe during WWII– Commanded Allied forces on
D-Day
• 34th President of the United States (two terms)
• Negotiated peace in the Korean Conflict
• Cold War grew between the USA and the USSR during his administration
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Important People in United States History
• Senator from Massachusetts• Supported American
expansionism to gain world power
• Helped Theodore Roosevelt craft the “large policy”– American canal through Central
America– Coaling stations on Pacific
Islands– Strong Navy to protect the
Merchant Marines
Henry Cabot Lodge
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Important People in United States History
• U.S. Military General– Commander of U.S. Forces in
the Far East WWII– Presided over the surrender of
Japan– Military Governor of Japan
1945-50– United Nations commander in
Korea– Relieved from command by
President Truman in conflict over tactics
Douglas MacArthur
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Important People in United States History
• WWI Veteran• Organized the Civil
Conservation Corp during the New Deal
• U.S. Army Chief of Staff during WWII
• Secretary of State under the Truman Administration
• Developed the plan to rebuild the European economy following WWII
• Nobel Peace Prize 1953George Marshall
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Important People in United States History
• Most noted representational expressionist painter in America
• Famous for painting of the desert Southwest
Georgia O’Keefe
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Important People in United States History
• Considered one of the most successful American field commanders
• WWI-learned tank tactics• WWII
– Directed amphibious attacks in North Africa
– Commanded Third Army on march into Germany
• Strong opponent to communists
George Patton, Jr.
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Important People in United States History
• Elected to four terms as President of the United States
• New Deal reforms were proposed to counter the Great Depression in four areas: finance, industry, agriculture, and welfare relief
• Supported allies in WWII• 22nd amendment limited
presidential terms to twoFranklin D. Roosevelt
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Important People in United States History
• Vice-President of USA• Succeeded to Presidency
following FDR’s death• Authorized the use of the
atomic bomb in Japan• Truman Doctrine: pledged U.S.
support to nations opposing Communism
• Cold War began during his administration
• Korean Conflict began during his administration
Harry S. Truman
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Important People in United States History
• Mexican American labor activist
• Organized the United Farm Workers of America
• Nonviolent protests: strikes, fasts, and boycotts to draw attention to the needs of migrant farm labor
• Negotiated first industry wide labor contracts
Cesar Chavez
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Important People in United States History
• President of Princeton University; Governor of NJ
• 20th President of the United States
• Federal Reserve Act and the Federal Trade Commission began during his administration
• WWI Peace Plan known as 14 Points
• Dream of League of Nations not approved by Congress Woodrow Wilson
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Important People in United States History
• Massachusetts Congressman
• Pulitzer Prize for Profiles in Courage
• 1st televised presidential debate vs. Richard Nixon
• Administration
– Peace Corp
– Bay of Pigs
– Cuban Missile Crisis
– Civil Rights emphasis
• Assassinated Nov. 22, 1963
• “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
John F. Kennedy
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Important People in United States History
• 12/11/1955 she was arrested for not giving up her bus seat to a white man
• Prompted the Montgomery Bus Boycott
• Led to Supreme Court ruling that segregated public transportation was illegal
• Civil Rights advocate
Rosa Parks
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Important People in United States History
• Senator that contributed to the Red Scare by accusing prominent Americans of being communists in the 1950s
• In 1954 televised hearings, he bullied, harassed, and accused witnesses of un-American activities with little or no evidence
• Senate censured him in December 1954
Joseph McCarthy