Top 10 Influential Americans

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  1. 4. This early U.S president was born on February 22, 1732 in Virginia. Before he became president was a public land surveyor.
  2. 5. This woman was a civil rights activist who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
  3. 9. This business man was nicknamed "The Commodore" and he built his wealth off of railroads.
  4. 10. This philanthropist moved to Ohio when he was a teenager, and from Cleveland he started the Standard Oil Company which would later make him the world's first billionaire.
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  1. 1. This woman was a prominent leader of the Women's Suffrage Movement and petitioned for equal pay for equal work. This woman was also an abolitionist who helped fugitive slaves and gathered signatures to pass the 13th Amendment.
  2. 2. This inventor's middle name was Alva and over his lifetime he was awarded over 1,000 patents for his inventions.
  3. 3. This woman started the American Red Cross foundation and was a famous nurse during the Civil War.
  4. 6. Before starting his billion dollar business, this inventor built his first steam engine when he was only 15. Later in life he became good friends with Thomas Edison.
  5. 7. This woman was the co-founder of the National Organization for Women and she also wrote the book The Feminist Mystique.
  6. 8. This popular American singer was known as the "King of Rock and Roll".