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ANDREW CARNEGIE was a grant rn the rarlroad and steel rndustrres He belleved that rt was the duty ol a rrch man to drstrrhute hrs wealth durrng hrs lrtetrme. To that end. he estahlrshed 2800 lrhrarres and many cultural halls throughout Arnerrca A Irletrme passron for machrnery led HENRY FDRD to Detrnrt where, rn 1896, he completed hrs llrst motor ve, hrcle The Ford Motor Company rrranutactured the lrrst Model T rn 1909 f Q Servrng an unprecedented luur terms as Presrdent ol the Unrted States, FRANKLIN DELINO ROOSEVELT was a popular leader who made extensrve use ol lrresrde radro chals to explarn hrs plans and generate enthusrasm to push them through Congress, The crrppler pnlromyelltrs was conquered by DR. IDNAS SILK rn 1953 alter more than Z5 years ol research Polro was reduced by 961 rn less than ten years SALK's re' search contrnues rn Calrlornra at the Salk lnstrtute ROBERT FROST's poetry was clear, understated, well- metered and told the storres ol rural Arnerrca He was a tourftrme wrnner ol the Pulrtzer Prrze and has been called Amerrcas poet laureate MARTIN LUTHER KING was a leader rn the cause ot crvrl rrghts He had been a pastor before lurnrng to the cause ol segregatron Hrs leadershrp earned htm the Nobel Peace Prrze rrr 1964 He was assassrnated by James Earl Ray ln 1968 l t One ol the most elementary symbols ol the Amerrcan way pl lrte was eslablrshed when l. EDGAR HDOVER and hrs Federal Bureau ol lnvestrgatron G-men set out to clean up the country Hrs career spanned over 40 years, ,iw A plaln, homely woman wrth tremendous appeal to the masses, who was always rn the 'tbrcll ol lhrngs def scrrbes ELEANOR ROOSEVELT and her lrtetrme ot polrf trelrrng beslde her husband durrng hrs lour terms l l Lreulenant Colonel l0HN GLENN started Amerreas trav- els to outer space when he became the lrrsl Amerrcan to orbrt the earth He had been an avralor rn World War ll and a test prlot rn peacetrme The matron prcture lndustry was revolutronrzed rn Amen ca and DAVID WARK GRIFFITH became known as the Father ol the lrlm art and long ol drrectors lor hrs part rn thrs revolutron Hrs camera technlques were the proneerrng steps ol the rndustry THURGOOD MARSHALL rs the lrrst Negro lo serve as a yustrce ol the Supreme Court Hrs law career was armed prrmarrly at crvrl rrghts cases GERALD R. FORD, the lrrst Presrdent to achreve the ot' lrce wrthout an electron ln 1974. through a serres ot scandalous events, the Nrron admrnrstratron toppled and FORD reached the posrtron through approval by Congress,
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THEY M DE THEIR MARK Men and women who helped shape America's history THOMAS PAINE, a bankrupt Quaker corsetmaker. some tlme teacher. preacher and grocer wrote the most brrl- llant pamphlet ol the Amerrcan Revolutron. Hrs words rn Common Sense relllected-Iongrngs and asprratronslthat have remamed part ol Amerrcan cullureto thrs day Chret luslree IOHN MARSHALL estaolrshed Iundamental prrncrples ot Amerrcan constrtutronal law Hers noted Ior hrs precedenlal declaratron ol a Congresslonal att as unconslltutronal He served through Irve admrnlstra trons,lrom1E01'1B35. ABRAHAM LINCOLN eprtomlzed the Amerloan dream ol a humble young man ascendrng to the hrghesl olhce ol the land He was superoty slrllled at analyzrng complex rs' sues and translatrng them rnto mearrlngtul words tor the pu Dllc He was devoted to the preservatron ol the Unron DANIEL WESSTER chose law as a career and went on to become well known rn the courts and rn polrtlcs He was twrce Secretary ol State wlth an eye always to the Presr- dency whrch eluded hrrn Born a slave rn Maryland, FREDERICK DOUGLASS taught hrmselt lo read and wrrle secretly and at 21, escaped to Ireedom He was an ardent abolrtronlst eampargnrng suncesslully lor Negro sultrage and crvrl rrghts HARRIEI' BEECIIER STOWE wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin rn an ellort to make the whole natron reallze the mhumanrf ty ol slavery Her book resulted rn one ol the most popu- lar and controversral plays on the Amerlcan stage The Crvrl War was klndled by thrs work I l DOROTHEA DIA worked her entlre adult lrle lor reform ot the exlstrng penal and mental rnstrtullons rn the mrd- 1800's The Irrst stale hosprtal rn the natron at Trenton. New lersey was a drrecl result ol her ellorts The New Colossus. a sonnel composed hy EMMA LAZ- ARUS rn 1883 rs rnscnhed on a bronze tablet at the base ol the Statue ol Lrberty. She organrzed relref for lews and helped lugrtrves Irom the Czar's ghettos to establrsh homes rn Amerrca, I I The creator ol the Cherokee alphabet, SEQUOVAII, was an artlst, wrrter and sllversmrlh. He used a srmple 1821 Englrsh prrmer to compose the characters. The Iamous redwood trees ot the Paerlrc coast bear hrs name AMELIA IENKS BLOOMER, best known Ior a mode ot dress she adopted durrng her campargn Ior equal rrghts lor women Though rrdrculed unlrl she gave up the cos- tume. the term bloomer came to symlaollze womans brd Ior rndrvrdual freedom - - HORACE GITEELEWS admonltron lo Go West young man was a rallyrngery ofthe proneers of Amerrca He was Iounder and edltor ol the New York Trroune. He was best known lor hrs phrlosophy ol socral reform and hrs unsuccessful brd Iortlre Presrdency rn 1872 IOSEPII PULITZER was the lrrst yournalrst to reach a tru' ly massrve audlence Hrs New York World newspaper was the symbol of yellow yournalrsm' wrlh rts sensatronalf rsm armed at the common man
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