Americans in History

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  1. 2. He was the 40th president of the United States.
  2. 4. He was a founding father and the first Secretary of the Treasury.
  3. 5. The first name of the founder of Ford Motor Company.
  4. 6. This man invented the light bulb.
  5. 8. He was a famous musician known as the "King of Rock and Roll".
  6. 12. This man gave the famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.
  7. 14. A former slave, she became an outspoken advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women’s rights in the nineteenth century.
  8. 17. He was the president during the American Civil War.
  9. 19. He was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?
  10. 23. Who was the president known for his conservation efforts?
  11. 24. This labor leader and civil rights activist co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA)which eventually become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union.
  12. 27. A formerly enslaved man who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker.
  13. 29. Who was a leader in the women's suffrage movement?
  14. 30. Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
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  1. 1. Who was president during most of the Great Depression and World War II?
  2. 3. The first president of the United States.
  3. 7. Winfrey Who is a media mogul and philanthropist?
  4. 9. She was a Shoshone woman who helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition.
  5. 10. Who was the president who was assassinated in 1963?
  6. 11. She is credited with making the first American flag.
  7. 13. She was the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  8. 15. She was an escaped slave who became a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.
  9. 16. He was the general who led the Union army during the Civil War.
  10. 18. He was the first African American baseball player in the major leagues.
  11. 20. She was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic.
  12. 21. He was a founding father and inventor of bifocal glasses.
  13. 22. Who was the president during the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
  14. 25. Who was the 7th president of the United States?
  15. 26. Who was the first African American president of the United States?
  16. 28. She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955.