US History EOC (TX): American Figures

Created the ASSEMBLY LINE, which led to mass production techniques & affordable automobiles.

Elected president in 1960, avoided war during Cuban Missile Crisis, encouraged space exploration

President during WWI, created national parks, signed Federal Reserve into law

Dictator of the Soviet Union who desired to spread Communism which set the stage of the Cold War

Leader of Al-Qaeda & Taliban who was the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks

Author of "The Importance of Sea Power Upon History"

The first man to walk on the moon; showed the U.S. won the Space Race

Mastermind behind the D-Day invasion & supported the desegregation of schools

Leader of African American Civil Rights movement who advocated for peaceful protest

President during WW2, New Deal policies, helped U.S. recover from Great Depression

Presidency saw the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, "Great Society" programs, Vietnam

Laissez Faire policies led to the Great Depression

Broke the major league color line in professional baseball

Led the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) on witch hunts of the Red Scare

"Captains of Industry" or "Robber Barons" built up American industry & monopolies

Along with Dolores Huerta, he founded the United Farm Workers labor union

Believed that America should "speak softly & carry a big stick"

a black Muslim that said African Americans should stand up for themselves if society was violent towards them

Populist Party candidate who championed creation of labor unions to protect the working man's rights

Pushed for the Panama Canal & focused on breaking up "bad trusts (monopolies)"

Decided to drop the atomic bomb, desegregated the military, stood up to Stalin during Berlin Airlift

President during 9/11 & Hurricane Katrina

Co-founded NOW (the National Organization for Women) & wrote "The Feminine Mystique"

Tried to end the Cold War by building up the military and threatened to create the "Star Wars Defense System"

Created the Interstate Highway System & extended "containment doctrine" to Middle East

Used peaceful protests like marches and boycotts to advocate for farm workers rights & Chicano rights.

Iran-Contra Affair showed his government was selling weapons & funding terrorism