Biographies

President in end of WW2, dropped the atomic bomb, his doctrine led to the Cold War

He was impeached for the Watergate Scandal

a famous muckraker who not only exposed the corrupt side of immigrant life

was an American labor leader and civil rights activist, co-founded NFWA

assumed the presidency with the death of JFK, designed "Great Society" to expand civil rights

he led the movement to abdicate the thrown and take Hawaii terriroty as a US possession

leader in civil rights movement, spoke of nonviolence in Letter from the Birmingham Jail

President, bonded with John Muir and helped create National Parks.

he corrected the ills of Great Depression by creating massive reforms, agencies, and laws

This author coined the phrase The Gilded Age In his book

general who led the forces in Normandy France during an amphibeous attack on German Defenses

best remembered for his staunch segregationist and right-wing populist views

alleged numerous Communists spies and sympathizers had infiltrated the federal government

he lead the US throough the end of the cold war, leading legislation on SALT I and SALT II

a singing cowboy who acted and was a star from the Great Depression through the Cold Wa

left soldiers in Phillipines leading to the Bataan Death March

Imperialist, argued that American could improve it's steel navy and become a world power

the mother of civil rights movement, worked with the MLK and his Montgommery Bus Boycott

Gilded Age Steel Baron and Philanthropist libraries

inventor of the Microsoft Windows program, which became vital to the internet

Italian dictator, battled Russian communism and democracy from western Europe

 He received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack, capturing 132 German soldiers during WW1

General of the Army and Commander of the Meditarranean forces during WW2

his computer products integrate inventions like radio, television, internet, and more,

led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War from 1953 to 1964

insisted on full civil rights and increased political representation during the Jim Crow era

Led the Rough Riders and helped the Cuban Rebels fight the Spanish

far left, his "Share Our Wealth" plan attempted more socialist reforms in Louisiana

 served as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War I, 1917–18.

the significant U.S. economic aid to post-war European recovery plan bore his name

first female supreme court justice, she was appointed by President Ronald Reagan

Argued in the Scopes Monkey Trial, debating against creationism

he led the war on terror following the 9/11 attack, failed Hurricane Katrina recovery

his presidency was marked by controversies like his affair with intern Monica Lewinsky

in WW2, led the strategy of leapfrogging islands to cut off supply lines from Japan.

Black separtist who lived during the Jim Crow Era; he did not want to intergrate.

German dictator responsible for the Holocaust

fought Saddam Hussein 1st in 1991 during Operation Desert Storm

 received the Medal of Honor for his valorous actions in combat in Vietnam.

US General during WW2 and president at the start of the Cold War

president at the start of WW2, integrated armed forces, planned atomic bomb

best known for her successful campaign against ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment

President at the height of the Cold War, initializing the space race with the creation of NASA

famous for flying a plane across the Atlantic Ocean, the first celebrity, born of radio

leader of the Soviet Union from during the middle part of the cold war

 first black woman elected to the US Congress, later the first black presidential candidate

he won Brown v. Board; "segregation in education is violation of the Equal Protection Clause"

led Japan during WW2, atrocities in Manchurian China led to US trade sanctions

helped shaped American manufacturing with his advent of the assembly line

led a wave of senators who battled Woodrow Wilson and refused to join his League of Nations

a controversial First Lady at the time, particularly her stance on racial issues

governor of Arkansas who refused to comply with Brown vs. Boardleading to Little Rock Crisis

first black President in the united states, auto bailout plan saved the country from recession

won the Congressional Medal of Honor 52 years after his bravery in WW2

he suffered the Iran Hostage Crisis and oil embargos

Russian dictator allied with the United States during WW2, turned against during the Cold War

seregationist refused to serve black customers in Atlanta restaurant

German Imperial Monarch who's assasination triggered the beginning of World War 1

awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work to help Mexican American civil rights

early environmental reformer and friend of Theodore Roosevelt, he founded the Sierra Club.

suggested American democracy was successful because it possessed 5 key traits

the chief justice ruling in Brown v. Board of Education led to integration

President during WW1, drafted the Selective Service Act, and the Treaty of Versailles

This author wrote the book The Jungle,

corrupt president involved with the Teapot Dome Scandal

He called for black progress through education and entrepreneurship in the Jim Crow era

the last president and leader of the Soviety Union when the Berlin Wall fell in 1991