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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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 StaffOmar Bradley
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Important People in United States History
• Most noted representational expressionist painter in America
• Famous for painting of the desert Southwest
Georgia O’Keefe
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.
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 two
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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
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
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
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
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
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