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Prep Work 04 -SS
Famouse People in U.S. history
| Person | Important 2 Facts |
|---|---|
| Henry Ford | *He improved the invention of the automobile by making T-mobils *He invented the assembly line which made making the car quicker and more organized |
| Woodrow Wilson | *Leader of the Progressive movement and created the 14 Points which would be the basis for the treaty to end WWI |
| Al Capone | *Chicago's #1 Gangster *a.k.a. Scarface *organized crime |
| Herbert Hoover | *He was blamed for the stock market crash *relief work in Europe in WWI |
| Jesse Owens | *Black Athlete who went to the olympics in Berlin *Hitler did not recognize him since it went against his beliefs |
| Rodolph Valentino | *very famous silent movie actor * he was a shiek of the time |
| Langston Hughes | *A Black poet *wrote about his peoples equality and suffrage |
| Babe Ruth | *Greatest Baseball Player in the 20's *learned from Brother Methius from an orphanage |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | *Wife of Franklin D Roosevelt *Known as First Lady and traveled widely to help the underprivelged |
| Vladimir Lenin | *First Leader of Russia * Led communism to power |
| Harry Truman | *He decided to drop the Atomic bomb * successor of FDR |
| Benito Mussolini | *a.k.a Il Duce * Italian dictator who dragged Italy into a diastrous war |
| Karl Marx | *"Worlers of the world unite you have nothing to lose but your chanins" * founded communism |
| Joseph Stalin | *built gulags(prison camps) *Soviet Union's leader (succeeded Lenin) |
| Dwight Eisenhower | *Supreme cmomander of the Allied forces on D-Day* he later became the 34th president |
| Adolf Hitler | Germany's Dicator(Der Fuhrer) *wrote Mein Kampf(my struggle) |
| Winston Churchill | *Prime minister of Britian in WWI * Kept Britain from getting captured |
| George Patton | He led the American forces in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany. *vital section of D-Day |
| Erwin Rommell | *Desert Fox*he was forced to go North by the pinch strategy |
| Douglas Mac Arthur | *Commander in the southern Pacific Theater* "I Shall Return" |
| Teddy Roosevelt | *President during WWI *supported US expansion |
| Calvin Coolidge | *he was well known for the 20's prosperity *keep it cool with coolidge |
| Warren Harding | * "return to normalcy" *he died after the knowing of his appointees scandal |
| Thomas Edison | *"key to success is hard work" *one of his most important inventions was the electric power plant and he was "Wizard of Menlo Park |
| Samule Morse | He founded Morse code for the telegraph *first major communication |
| Rosa Parks | *She refused to give up her seat to a white man *Civil Rights activist |
| Martin Luther King Jr | *nonviolent civil disobedience *"I Have A Dream" |
| Thurgood Marshall | Civil Rights activist * First black in the Supreme Court Justice |
| Bull Conor | Police Chief during Civil Rights Movement* he set dogs and hoses on the children in their march of equality |
| George Wallace | He was the Govenor of Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement * He stood in the doorway of the University to keep a black from enrolling in the University |
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