Cedar Park Middle School - Cedar Park Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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ANDREW CARNIGIE was a grant rn the rarlroad and steel rndustrres. He tretreved that rt was the duty of a rrch man to drstrrbute hrs wealth durrng hrs Irfetime. To that end. he establrshed 2800 lrbrarres and many cultural halls throughout Amerrca. A Irtetrme passrorr tor machrnery led HENRY FORD to Detrort where, in 1896, he completed hrs first motor ve- hrcle. The Ford Motor Company manufactured the Irrst Model T rn 1909 f Q Servrng an unprecedented four terms as Presrdent ot the Llnrted States, FRANKLIN IJELANO ROOSEVELT was a popular leader who made extensrve use ot frresrde radro chats to explarrr hrs plansfrd generate enthusrasm to push them through Congress, The crrppler polromyelrtrs was conquered by DR. JONAS SILK rn 1953 after more than 25 years ol research, Polro was reduced hy 96011 rn less than ten years. SALK's re- search contrnues rn Calitornra at the Salk Instrtute, ROBERT FROST's poetry was clear, understated, well- metered and told the stones ol rural Amerrca. He was a Iourvtrme wrnner ol the Pulrtzer Prrze and has been called Amerrcas poet laureate MARTIN LUTHER KING was a leader rn the cause ol crvrl rrghts. He had been a pastor oetore turnrngto the cause of segregatron, Hrs leadershrp earned htm the Nobel Peace Prrze rn 1964 He was assassrnated oy James Earl Ray rn 1968. t t Yr One ot the most elementary symbols ol the Arnerrcan way ot hte was establrshed when I. EDGAR HOOVER and hrs Federal Bureau ol lnvestrgatron G-men set out to clean up the country, Hrs career spanned over 40 years, A plarn, homely woman wrth tremendous appeal to the masses, who was always rn the thrall ot thrngs de' scrrbes ELEANOR ROOSEVELT and her Irfetrme of poll- trclrrng hesrde her husband durrng hrs tour terms t I Lreutenant Colonel IONN GLENN started Amerrca's trav' els to outer space when he became the llrst Amerrcan to orort the earth He had been an avrator rn World War II and a test prlot rn peacetrme, The motron-prcture lndustry was revolutronrzed rn Amerrf ca and DAVID WARK GRIFFITH oecame known as the Father of the trlrn art and lung ot drrectors tor hrs part rn thrs revolutron Hrs camera technrques were the proneerrng steps ol the rndustry TNURGOOD MARSHALL rs the Irrst Negro to serve as a rustrce ol the Supreme Court. Hrs law career was armeor prrmarrly at crvrl rrghts cases, GERALD R. FORD, the lrrst Presrdent to achreve the ole trce wrthout an electron, In 1974, through a serres ot scandalous events, the Nrxon admrnrstratron toppled and FORD reached the posrtron through atlnroval by Congress.

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THEY MADE THEIR MARK Men and women who helped shape America's history THOMAS PAINE. a bankrupt Quaker corsetmaker. some time teacher, preacher and grocer wrote the most bnl- lrant pamphlet ol the American Revolution, Hrs words rn Common Sense relflectedllohgrrrgs' and asprratrohslthat have remained part ol American culture to this day DANIEL WEBSTER chose law as a career and went on to become well-known rn the courts and rn politics. He was twice Secretary of Slate wrth an eye always to the Presr- dency which eluded him. f x l x 1 Chrel lustrce l0HN MARSHALL established lundamental principles ol American constitutional law, Hers noted lor his precedental declaration ol a Congressional act as unconstitutional He served through lrve administra- tions. lrom 18011835 ABRAHAM LINCOLN epitomized the American dream ol a humble young rnan ascending to the highest office ol the land. He was superbly skilled al analyzing complex rs- sues and translating them into meaningful words forthe public He was devoted to the preservation of the Union. Born a slave ln Maryland, FREDERICK DOUGLASS taught himself to read and write secretly and.at 21. escaped to freedom. He was an ardent abolrtronrst campaigning successfully for Negro sullrage and crvrl rights HARRIET BEECHER STOWE wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin rn an eflort to make the whule nalron realrle the inhuman:- ty of slavery Her book resulted rn one ofthe most popu- lar and controversial plays on the American stage The Crvrl War was kindled by' this work. r l DOROTHEA DlXAworked her entire adult Ille lor relorm ol the existing penal and mental lnstrtutruns In the mid- 1800's. The first state hosprtal rn the nation at Trenton. New lersey was a drrect result ol her ellorts. the New Colossus, a sonnet composed by EMMA LAZ- ARUS rn 1883 rs inscribed on a bronze tablet at the base ot the Statue of Liberty, She organized relief lor lews and helped lugrtlves lrom the Czar's ghettos to establish homes rn America, l l The creator ol the Cherokee alphabet, SEQUUVAH, was an artist. writer and srlversmrth, He used asin-lple18Z1 English primer to compose the characters. The famous redwood trees ol the Pacific coast hear his name. AMELIA IENKS BLDOMER, best known lor a mode of dress she adopted during her campaign lor equal rights lor women. Though ridiculed until she gave up the cos- lurne, the term bloomer came to symbolize woman's bid lor rndivrdual freedom, HORACE GREELET5 admonrtion to Go West young man was a rallying cry ol the pioneers ol America. He was lpunder and editor of the New York Tribune. He was best known lor his philosophy ul social reform and hrs unsuccesslul brd for the Presidency rrr 1872. TOSEPH PULITZER was the first yournalrst to reach a lru- ly massive audience. His New York World newspaper was the symbol ol yellow journalism with its sensational- rsm armed al the common man.

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