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In Common Sense, argued that the American colonists should declare independence from Britain.

Led a violent slave revolt in Southampton Virginia in 1831.

Elected as a centrist Democrat in 1992.

After Thurgood Marshall, he was the second African American to serve on the Supreme Court.

Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Founder of the American Federation of Labor.

Ordered the dropping of the atomic bombs to force the Japanese to surrender in August 1945.

Dominated American banking and finance in the 19th century.

The first president to be impeached.

U.S. senator who became president of the Confederacy.

Virginia Declaration of Rights, argued that basic human rights shouldn't be violated by govts.

Negotiated a Treaty of Alliance with France during the Revolutionary War.

Author of the Fourteen Points at the end of World War I.

His policies of Glasnost and Perestroika helped bring an end to the Cold War.

Ambassador to Haiti after the Civil War.

Known as the "Father of the Constitution."

Believed the way to equality for African Am's was vocational ed and accepting social separation

His cotton gin led to an increase in slavery in the South.

Played an important role in the Seneca Falls Convention and the early women's suffrage movement

First American to orbit the Earth.

Native American translator who helped the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Led the Normandy invasion on D-Day, marking the start of the liberation of W.Europe from Hitler

Leader of the NAACP legal defense team in Virginia during the Brown case.

First woman selected to serve on the Supreme Court.

Confederate general of the Army of Northern Virginia.

Believed education was meaningless w/o equality, supported political equality for African Am's.

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, argued government couldn't support one favored church.

Created the policy of Dollar Diplomacy in Latin America.

First female American astronaut.

Dramatically increased the number of American troops in Vietnam to over 500,000 by 1968.

Developed assembly-line manufacturing.

Led an anti-lynching crusade, called on the government to take action on behalf of African Am's

Leader of the NAACP legal defense team during the Brown case.

Secretary of State who proposed the Open Door Policy with China.

Signed NAFTA and renewed diplomatic relations with Vietnam.

His election in 1860 caused several Southern states to secede.

Founder of the American Railway Union.

His "New Freedom" was progressive reform plan to address the probz created by industrialization

Contributed to the growth in influence of the Supreme Court in the 19th century.

Signed the Patriot Act into law in 2001.