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Who am I???
Who am I?
• I helped my troops get through a long Winter in Valley Forge.
• I was the leader of the rebel army during the American Revolution
• I eventually became the first president of the United States.
George Washington
Who am I?
• I am a woman that was a teacher and a journalist
• I am a muckraker• I am most famous for my writings targeting
the Standard Oil Company
Ida Tarbell
Who am I?
• I was a strong advocate for labor unions.• I was the founder of the American Federation
of Labor (AFL)
Samuel Gompers
Who am I?
• I was president of the United States during WWI.
• I drafted the 14 points, a proposal for peace after WWI
• I pushed for the United States to join the League of Nations but was denied
Woodrow Wilson
Who am I?
• I lived in Chicago• I was the first American Woman to receive the
Nobel Peace Prize.• I was famous for starting Hull House, a place
where the middle class and rich lived in poorer areas and helped the less fortunate.
Jane Addams
Who am I?
• I was a leading musician during the Harlem Renaissance
• I played the trumpet• My nickname was Satchmo
Louis Armstrong
Who am I?
• I became president after FDR died in office.• I desegregated the military• I was the president that made the decision to
drop the atomic bombs on Japan to end WWII.
Harry Truman
Who am I?
• I became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
• I was less harsh on the South during Reconstruction than the Radical Republicans
• I was impeached in office, and was one vote short of being kicked out!
Andrew Johnson
Who am I?
• I was a prominent Civil Rights leader• I organized a march on Washington before
MLK, but did not have to carry it out because FDR prevented discrimination in the defense industry
A. Phillip Randolph
Who am I?
• During my presidency Iranians took American hostages and did not release them until I was out of office.
• The most positive aspect of my presidency was the Camp David Accords, a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt.
• I am the only president from Georgia.
Jimmy Carter
Who am I?
• I was the president who famously said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
• I constructed a Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine stating that the United States would intervene in any conflict where Europeans came over to Latin America
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt
Who am I?
• I started the first rebellion in American history because the governor sided with the Native Americans over the poor farmers.
Nathaniel Bacon
Who am I?
• I was the leader of the British army during the American Revolution
• I eventually had to surrender at Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
Who am I?
• I was a prominent South Carolina senator and vice president
• I promoted states rights and was the leader behind the Nullification crisis
John C. Calhoun
Who am I?
• I was a prominent socialist in the US• I was put into jail for speaking out against
WWI• My name sort of looks like a court case
Eugene V. Debs
