People Flashcards
Susan B. Anthony
Founded National American Women Suffrage Association (FNAWSA)
&
American Equal Rights Association (AERA)
Vernon Baker
WW2
Purple Heart, Bronze star, Distinguished service cross
Medal of Honor (1 of 7 african Americans ever to receive it )
Roy Benavides
Vietnam war
Native Texan
Responsible for saving 8 soldiers during a battle
Distinguished service cross
Congressional Medal of Honor
Black Panthers
Radical group (1960’s)
Advocated armed self-defense & revolutionary agenda to end black oppression
Founded by Huey Newton
Omar Bradley
WW2
Eisenhower selected him to command US Army during D-Day
William Jennings Bryan
“Cross of Gold” speech
Volunteered to Prosecute biology teacher John Scopes (for teaching evolution)
Andrew Carnegie
1 of the richest men in the world
Created steel company (Bessemer)
Followed Darwinism
“Gospel of wealth”
(Duty of the rich is to give the poor money.)
César Chavez
Organized migrant farmers union to defend Hispanic workers
Non-violent protest
W/ Dolores Huerta organized the United Farm Workers Organization Committee
(UFWOC)
Bill Clinton
42nd Prez
Impeached during 2nd term
Acquitted to all his charges (not guilty)
Hilary Clinton
Championed health care and education system
Is Secretary of State.
Glenn Curtiss
Father of Naval Aviation
Found of American Aircraft Industry (AAA)
Clarence Darrow
Defense attorney arguing some of the most famous trials in U.S. His.
Won agains William Bryan
Sanford Dole
“Prez” of Hawaii after their queen was overthrown
Led negotiations when annexation occurred
W.E.B. DuBois
Civil rights leader
Helped create National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
“Blacks need to educate themselves to be accepted
Dwight S. Eisenhower
34th Prez
Commander of Allied Forces in N. Africa
Supreme Commander of troop that Invaded France
