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Who am I? Promised jobs and better economy
Appeased at Munich Conference Made Jews a scapegoat Hitler
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Who am I? Ordered atomic bombs dropped in Japan Ordered Berlin airlift
Started American policy of containment Harry Truman
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Who am I? Part of Harlem Renaissance Trumpeter Jazz great
Louis Armstrong
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Who am I? Noninterventionist Didn’t believe in govt. relief programs
President at beginning of Depression Hoover
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Who am I? Develops assembly line Known for mass production
Based in Detroit Ford
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Who am I? Led Rough Riders Trustbuster Built Panama Canal T. Roosevelt
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Who am I? Railroad Tycoon Robber baron Often granted rebates
Vanderbilt
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Who am I? Secretary of State Actions known to be a “folly”
Purchased Alaska from Russia William Seward
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Who am I? Captain of Industry Robber baron Steel industry
Gospel of Wealth Andrew Carnegie
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Who am I? Invaded Ethiopia Ignored by League of Nations
Part of Axis Powers Mussolini
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Who am I? Created Moral Diplomacy
Urged US to enter WWI after Zimmerman Telegram Created League of Nations Wilson
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Who am I? Leader of Soviet Union Friend to Castro Cuban Missile Crisis
Khruschev
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Who am I? “I have a dream” Civil disobedience Nonviolent resistance
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Who am I? Boss Tweed Controller of NYC Democratic party
Stole millions from the city Received votes from poor in exchange for favors Boss Tweed
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Who am I? Sent troops to Vietnam Created “Great Society”
Signed Civil Rights Act 1964 Johnson
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Who am I? Muckraker Works led to the creation of the FDA The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
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Who am I? Organized D-Day Negotiated armistice in Korean War
Sent federal troops to integrate Central High Eisenhower
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Who am I? F. D. Roosevelt Gave Fireside chats Creator of the New Deal
Called bombing of Pearl Harbor “day that would live in infamy” F. D. Roosevelt
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Who am I? Jacob Riis Exposed poor conditions of tenements Muckraker
Actions helped lead to passing of Building codes Jacob Riis
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Who am I? Mckinley President during Spanish American War
Acquired the Philippines Assassinated in Buffalo, NY Mckinley
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Who am I? Rockefeller Oil Tycoon Created large monopoly
His trust was dismantled Rockefeller
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Who am I? Agreed to Nazi Soviet Pact Part of The Allies in WWII
Ordered Berlin Blockade Stalin
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Who am I? Langston Hughes Leader of Harlem Renaissance Poet, author
Proud African American Langston Hughes
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Who am I? Kennedy Creator of the Peace Corps
Leader during Cuban Missile Crisis Assassinated Kennedy
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Who am I? Franz Ferdinand Future leader of Austrian Hungarian empire
Assassinated by Black Hand Death sparked beginning of WWOne Franz Ferdinand
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Who am I? Rosa Parks Member of NAACP Refused to give up seat on bus
Action helped inspire MontgomeryBusBoycott Rosa Parks
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