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23758496Albert GallatinSecretary of Treasury under President Jefferson
23758497Alice Paulhead of Nation Woman's Party
23758498Andrew CarnegieSteel tycoon, Gospel of Wealth
23758499Andrew MellonSec of State under Coolidge, steel + alum. tycoon
23758500Anne Bradstreetfirst American poet
23758501Anne HutchinsonPuritan minister of a dissident church
23758502Bernard Baruchfinancier, adviser to Wilson and FDR
23758503Betty Friedanwriter, The Feminine Mystique
23758504Black Hawkleader Sauk American Indian tribe
23758505Booker T. Washingtonblack advocate for self improvement for Black Americans
23758506Boss TweedBoss of Tammany Hall
23758507Brigham YoungMormon community in Utah
23758508Bruce BartonPortrayed Christ as super salesman
23758509Captain Alfred Thayer Mahanimperialist, great countries had sea power
23758510Carrie ChapmanWoman's suffrage leader of NAWSA
23758511Carry A NationTemperance advocate through vandalism
23758512Cesar ChavezUnited Farm Workers in CA
23758513Charles DarwinEvolution
23758514Charles Evan HughesSec of State after WWI, Chief Justice
23758515Charles G FinneyEvangelistic Presbyterian minister in 1820s and 30s
23758516Charles SchwabUS Steel Corp
23758517Charles SumnerBeaten by Preston Brooks in Congress
23758518Chief JosephLeader of Nez Pierce
23758519Clara BartonFounder of Red Cross
23758520Commodore DeweyNavy, seized Philippines
23758521CopperheadsDemocrats opposed Civil War
23758522Cyrus McCormickMechanical reaper
23758523Daniel EllsbergLeaked Pentagon Papers
23758524Daniel WebsterWebster Ashburton Treaty (Maine/Canada border)
23758525Dennis KearneyWorkingmen's Party of CA
23758526Denmark VeseyWest Indian slave who plotted uprising, executed
23758527Dorothea DixMental health pioneer
23758528Dr. Francis TownsendTownsend Plan, pensions for retirees
23758529Edgar Allen Poepoems and short stories, the raven
23758530Edith WhartonFirst women to win Pulitzer Prize, Age of Innocence
23758531Edward BellamyLooking Backwards
23758532Edwin M StantonSec of War during Civil War, dismissed by Jackson under Tenure of Office
23758533Eleanor RooseveltWife of FDR, civil rights advocate
23758534Eli Whitneycotton gin, interchangeable parts for firearms
23758535Elias Howesewing machine
23758536Elihu RootSec of War under McKinley, Sec of State under T Roosevelt
23758537Elijah LovejoySt. Louis Observer, Presbyterian minister
23758538Elizabeth Cady StantonSocial activist, early woman's movement, declaration of sentiment
23758539Emma WillardWomen's rights advocate, higher education for women
23758540Ernest HemingwayNovelist, Lost Generation, Old Man and the Sea
23758541Eugene V DebsSocialist union leader, International Labor Union and IWW
23758542F Scott Fitzgeraldwriter, Lost Generation, Great Gatsby
23758543Father Charles CoughlinRoman Catholic priest, radio to reach mass audience
23758544Frances PerkinsSec of Labor, first woman on Cabinet with FDR, labor movement in New Deal
23758545Francis Cabot LowellTextile manufacturing industry
23758546Francis WillardWTCU, prohibition
23758903Frank Lloyd Wrightarchitect and writer, prairie style
23758904Frank Norrisfirst naturalist writer
23758905Frederick Douglassblack abolitionist, North Star
23758906Frederick Jackson Turnerfrontier thesis
23758907Gabriel Prosserunsuccessful slave leader of revolt in Richmond, VA during 1800
23758908General Braddockunsuccessful British commander in NA during F+I War
23760208General Douglass MacArthurUS General in WWII and Korean War, Southwest Pacific
23760209General Winfield ScottGeneral in Mexican War, unsuccessful Whig candidate in 1852
23760210George Masonauthor of Virginia constitution and Declaration of Rights
23760211George Rogers Clarkpreeminent military officer on northwestern frontier during Revolution, related to William Clark
23760212George WallaceGovernor of Alabama, ran for president 4 times and failed
23760213George Washington Carverpeanut botanist
23760214George WhitefieldChurch of England, Methodist movement
23760215GeronimoApache chief
23760216Gilbert Stuartpainter, one of foremost portraitists
23760217Gilbert TennantMethodist preacher during Great Awakening
23760218Grant, McClellan, Sherman, MeadeUnion officers in Civil War
23760219Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Dean, MitchellWatergate scandal
23760220Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's cabin
23760221Harriet Tubmanassisted slaves escape w/ Underground railroad
23760222Helen Hunt Jacksonromanticized west as utopia
23760223Henry Cabot Lodgeimperialist, nativist, anti-Wilson
23760224Henry Claygreat compromiser, American system, Missouri compromise of 1820, compromise of 1850, and more
23760225Henry David Thoreautranscendentalist, wrote Walden Pond
23760226Henry GeorgeProgress and Poverty, labor rights
23760227Henry Jamesrealistic writer of late 1800s, the Ambassadors, Portrait of a Lady
23760228Henry L MenckenDebunker of 1920s, ridiculed middle class in Smart Set and American Mercury
23760229Henry S KissingerNixon's national security adviser, Vietnam war policy (peace with honor)
23760230Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPopular poet of the day, fireside poems
23760231Henry Ward Beecherliberal American Congregational clergyman, involved in adultery trial
23760232Herbert Crolyinfluential nationalist, Promise of American Life
23760233Horace Greeleyeditor of New York Tribune, liberal leader
23760234Huey Longrose to power through attacks on banks, trusts, and utilities
23760235Ida Tarbellmuckracker on Standard Oil trust
23760236Jack Londonpopular and powerful writer of the time, Call of the Wild
23760237Jackie Robinsonfirst black in MLB
23760238Jacob RiisHow the Other Half Lives
23760239James B Duketobacco processing industry
23760240James Fenimore Cooper1st great American novelist, established American hero Natty Bumpo
23760241James G Blainechampion of Half Breeds
23760242James Oglethorpemilitary founder of Georgia
23760243James OtisNo Taxation w/o representation
23760244James Weldon JohnsonHarlem Renaissance author
23760245Jane AddamsHill House movement, first American woman to win Nobel
23760246Jeanne KirkpatrickUN ambassador under Reagan, first American woman to be so
23760247Jesse JacksonCivil rights activist and Baptist minister
23760248Jesse OwensBlack track athlete in 1936 Berlin Olympics
23760249Jimmy Hoffapresident of Teamsters union, sent to jail but pardoned by Nixon
23760250John Bartramearly botanist and horticulturalist
23760251John Brownwhite abolitionist, Harper's Ferry raid, Bleeding Kansas
23760537John C CalhounTheory of Nullification
23760538John C FremontExplorer of Far West, helped in Bear Flag Revolution
23760539John D RockefellerStandard Oil Co, monopoly, vertical and horizontal integration
23760540John DeweyPragmatism, advocate for educational reform
23762300John DickinsonPA debater, wanted reconciliation with Great Britain
23762301John Foster DullesSec of State to Eisenhower, Massive retaliation
23762302John Jacob AstorAmerican Fur company, mountain men and others in frontier
23762303John LockeEnlightenment Thinker, Of Civil Gov't
23762304John Paul JonesNaval officer in Revolutionary War
23762305John RolfeTobacco pioneer in Jamestown, married Pocahontas
23762306John Smithfounder of Jamestown, explored Virginia colony
23762307John Steinbeckwrote Grapes of Wrath, on Great Depression and dust bowl
23762308John SutterGold Rush of 1849
23762309John WinthropMassachusetts Bay Colony, idealistic City on a hill
23762310Jonathan Edwardsfiery preacher fueled Great Awakening
23762311Joseph Pulitzerfounder of yellow journalism, aggressive and engrossing style
23762312Joseph SmithChurch of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
23762313Josiah StrongNativist, ideals of democracy and civilization lie with WASPs
23762314JP Morganbanking mogul, bought Carnegie Steel
23762315Robert E Lee, Stonewall JacksonConfederate heroes of Civil War
23762316Lincoln SteffensAdvocate against municipal corruption
23762317Louis BrandeisFirst Jewish Supreme court judge
23762318Louis SullivanSkyscraper
23762319Lucretia MottFirst American feminist, Seneca Falls convention
23762320Lucy Stoneinfluential lecturer in women's rights (antebellum)
23762321Malcolm XNation of Islam, violent defense of blacks if necessary
23762322Marcus GarveyJamaican promoting black nationalism
23762323Margaret FullerIndividual liberation and questionable gender roles
23762324Margaret Sangerbirth control advocate
23762325Maria MitchellAmerican astronomer who discovered comet, protested slavery, didn't wear cotton
23762326Mark Twaingreat American writer of 19th century, Huck Finn
23762327Martin Luther King, Jr.Baptist pastor dedicated to civil rights, I have a dream
23762328Mary Baker EddyChurch of Christ, scientist
23762329Mary Ellen LeasePopulist orator, raise less corn and more hell
23762330Medgar EversNAACP official who did not want desegregation, killed in movement
23762331Mercy Otis Warreninfluential playwright, History of the Revolution
23762332Nat Turnerslave preacher, killed 60 whites in an insurrection
23762333Nathaniel BaconLed a rebellion in 1677 for back country grievances
23762334Nathaniel Hawthornetranscendentalist author, Scarlet Letter
23762335Noah WebsterWebster's Dictionary
23762336Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.Fireside poet, The Nautilus
23762337Patrick HenryGive me liberty or give me death
23762338Philip RandolphAll black union, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
23762339Phyllis Wheatleyblack poet, taught to read and write by master
23762340PocahontasPowhatan Indian, converts to Christianity and marries John Rolfe
23762341Queen LiliuokalaniQueen of Hawaii, removed from power by US
23762342Rachel CarsonEnvironmentalist
23762343Ralph Waldo EmersonTranscendentalist, Nature, Self Reliance
23762344Richard Henry LeeComplete independence from Britain, 2nd Continental Congress
23764552Robert Fultonsteamboat
23764553Robert M LaFollettestate-level reformer governor of Wisconsin
23764554Robert MorrisHead of the government's treasury during the Articles of Confederation
23764555J Robert OppenheimerManhattan Project
23764556Roger B TaneyChief Justice after Marshall
23764557Roger WilliamsSalem, Massachusetts minister, separation between church and state
23764558Rosa Parksrefused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger
23764559SacagaweaNative American woman who led Lewis and Clark
23764560Sally RideFirst woman astronaut in space
23764561Sam AdamsBoston Massacre, Sons of Liberty
23764562Sam Houston1st president of Texas, took Santa Anna prisoner at Battle of San Jacinto
23764563Samuel ChaseFederalist Supreme Court Justice, impeached by House at Jefferson's urging
23764564Samuel FB Morsetelegraph
23764565Samuel GompersAmerican Federation of Labor, anti-imperialist
23764566Samuel SlaterSpinning mill in RI, modern factory
23764567Sandra Day O'Conner1st female Supreme Court Justice, appointed by Ronald Reagan
23764568Sinclair Lewis1st American to win Nobel Prize in literature, Babbit, debunker
23764569Sitting BullLeader of the Sioux
23764570Sojourner Truthunderground railroad, black advocate for women's rights
23764571Stephen Austinencouraged settlers to move to Texas, land from Mexico
23764572Stephen CraneRealistic writer, Civil War realities in the Red Badge of Courage
23764573Stephen KearneyLed small army to capture Santa Fe; joined Bear Flag Revolution in CA
23764574Stokely CarmichaelBlack Leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Black Panthers too
23764575Susan B AnthonyFounded the National Women's Loyal League, abolition and women's rights
23764576TecumsehProphet's brother and Chief of the Shawnees, Tippecanoe
23764577Thaddeus Stevensuse of war to abolish slavery immediately and completely
23764578Theodore DreiserWrote Sister Carrie exposing of single women in cities
23764579Theodore WeldAbolitionist who believed slavery was a sin, wrote American Slavery as it Is
23764580Thomas HookerMinister of Newton, founds Connecticut
23764581Thomas HutchinsonTory governor of Massachusetts, Pro Brit
23764582Thomas NastPolitical cartoonist of 1870s
23764583Thomas PaineWrote Common Sense
23764584Thurgood MarshallSupreme Court Justice, file legal challenges against segregation
23764585Upton Sinclairwrote The Jungle
23764586WEB Du BoisFounds NAACP, blacks should fight for civil rights
23764587Walt WhitmanAuthor, poet, journalist, Leaves of Grass
23764588Walter RauschenbuschProtestant theologian with socialist inclinations, Social Gospel
23764589Warren E. BurgerSupreme Court Chief Justice during Nixon's term, replaces Warren
23764590Washington IrvingFather of American literature, Rip Van Winkle
23764591Willa CatherAmerican writer in the 1920s
23764592William BradfordPlymouth Plantation, Mayflower Compact
23764593William FaulknerAmerican writer in the 1920s
23764594William Lloyd Garrisonthe Liberator & he found the New England Antislavery Society and American Antislavery Society
23764595William PennPennsylvania, democracy/religious freedom, good indian relations
23764596William PittSecretary of State during the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War
23764597William Randolph Hearstreformist investigative reporting, Hearst Castle, owned 28 major newspapers and 18 magazines
23764598William SewardSeward's Folly (Alaska), opponent of the Fugitive Slave Act
23764599William Jennings BryanFree Silver, Cross of Gold
23764600Zebulon Pike & Stephen LongPike: explorer for whom Pikes Peak is names; Long: Great American Desert
23765355Spiro T AgnewVP under Nixon, resigned for extortion and bribery charges

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