Quiz, Quiz, Trade Cards Important People in American History

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Quiz, Quiz, Trade CardsImportant People in
American History

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Quiz, Quiz, Trade Instructions

• Print the slides. Laminate and cut out the
  rectangles. There is a matching term and
  definition.
• Each student receives a card. Students mix
  around the room. Teacher can play if there is an
  odd number of students or may buddy two
  students.
• Students quiz each other on their card and then
  exchange the cards.
• Students repeat the procedure with different
  partners until time is called.
• Management tip have students raise their hands
  when looking for a partner.

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Important People in United States History

• Principal author of the Declaration of
  Independence
• US Ambassador to France
• Washingtons Secretary of State
• 3rd President
• Authorized Louisiana Purchase

Thomas 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 trusts

Theodore 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 evolution

Clarence 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 Womens State Temperance Society
• Outspoken proponent of Womens 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
• Eisenhowers 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, its
  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 1953

George 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 OKeefe
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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 two

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Important People in United States History

• Vice-President of USA
• Succeeded to Presidency following FDRs 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 youask
  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