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27 Cards in this Set
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Robert Fulton |
Built a steamboat with engine The steamboat could move people and goods faster |
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Henrietta King |
Helped improve the cattle ranching business She gave money to build towns, businesses, and schools in Texas |
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Benjamin Franklin |
He was an inventor He started the first public library |
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Sequoyah |
He invented an alphabet for the Cherokee language The alphabet helped Cherokee people to read and write |
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John Adams |
The second president of the United States Helped American colonists win independence |
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Dolly Madison |
She was the wife of James Madison (fourth president) |
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Sojourner Truth |
She gave many speeches around the country for the rights of African Americans and women |
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Cesar Chavez |
Spoke out for the rights of farm workers He believed that people should be treated fairly |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe |
She wrote a book called Uncle Tom's Cabin Uncle Tom's Cabin helped people understand why slavery was wrong |
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Amelia Earhart |
First woman to fly a plane across the Atlantic ocean She believed in women's rights |
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Thurgood Marshall |
First African American Supreme Court Judge Worked for Civil Rights |
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John Herrington |
He is a Native American astronaut He carried a Chickasaw flag into space with him |
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Century |
100 years |
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History |
story of the past studying past events |
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Generation |
age group |
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Ancient |
a very long time ago |
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Primary Source |
material written by someone who saw an event happen |
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Secondary Source |
material written by someone who did not see the event happen |
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First people to live in America |
Native Americans |
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Cherokee people had to walk on |
the Trails of Tears Oklahoma |
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What did the Plains people live in? |
teepees |
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What did Wilma Mankiller do? |
Helped teachers make school better |
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What happened to Native Americans when colonies were built |
they lost their land |
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Who invented the telephone? |
Alexander Bell |
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What is the statue on Ellis island and is a symbol of Freedom |
Statue of Liberty |
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Early colonists and Native American used what to help them farm? |
Horses |
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What ate the cotton crop in Enterprise, Alabama? |
The boll weevils |
