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Social Study People

Social Studies Preparation Work 2004

NameTwo Identifying Facts
Henry Ford didn't invent car, just improved it; sold most popular car
Woodrow Wilson created Fourteen Points after WWII; his League of Nations is forerunner of United Nations
Al Capone gangster(organized Crime); Scarface
Herbert Hoover blamed for stock market crash; Hoovervilles
Jesse Owens black olympic medalist; overturned Hitler's beliefs
Rudolph Valentino silent movie actor of 20s; the sheik of the time
Langston Hughes black writer of the Civil Rights Movement; spoke freely about his people's suffrage
Babe Ruth great baseball player of twenties; second most career homeruns
Eleanor Roosevelt wife of FDR, often called first woman president
Vladimir Lenin first leader of Russia; established Russia as communist
Harry Truman successor of FDR; decided to drop atomic bomb
Benito Mussolini fascist leader of Italy; Mussolini is always right
Karl Marx founded communism; simplified all global problems
Joseph Stalin leader of Russia, made Russia communistic
Dwight Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces on D-Day; later became president
Adolf Hitler Nazi leader of Germany; Holocaust
Winston Churchill prime minister of England; kept England from capture
George Patton Allied tank commander; vital section of D-Day
Erwin Rommell Desert Fox; almost stopped D-Day
Douglas Mac Arthur commander in Pacific theater; I shall return
Teddy Roosevelt president during WWI; ended war quickly
Calvin Coolidge president before depression; keep cool with Coolidge
Warren Harding president after depression; return to normalcy
Thomas Edison invented light bulb; Wizard of Menlo Park
Samuel Morse founded Morse code; first major communication
Rosa Parks Civil Rights activist; wouldn't move on the bus
Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights activist; I Have A Dream
Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights activist; first black Supreme Court Justice
Bull Connor police chief during Civil Rights Movement; set dogs and hoses on children
George Wallace governer of Alabama during Civil Rights Movement; stood in doorway of University to keep a black from enrolling
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