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21 Cards in this Set
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
Archduke of Austria-Hungary |
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Uncle Sam |
Symbol for United States and their Patriotism |
Think of his initials |
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Woodrow Wilson |
28th president of the United States, 1913-1919, Democrat, tried to keep the US out of World War One, proposed League of Nations |
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Amelia Earhart |
First woman to fly across the Atlantic |
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Louis Armstrong |
Jazz musician famous for his long trumpet solos and scat singing |
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Al Capone |
Most notorious gangster; avoided jail; ordered politicians and judges |
Scarface |
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Marcus Garvey |
African American from 1919 to 1926 who urged African Americans to return to their "motherland" of Africa; provided early inspiration for "black pride" movement |
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Warren Harding |
29th president of the United States, 1921-1923; presided over a short administration marked by corruption |
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Calvin Coolidge |
30 president of the United States, 1923-1929; promoted big business and opposed social aid |
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Herbert Hoover |
31st president of the United States, 1929-1933; worked to aid Europeans during world war one; responded inefficiently to 1929 stock market crash and Great Depression |
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Henry Ford |
Pioneering auto manufacturer in the early 1900s; made affordable cars for the masses using assembly line and other production techniques |
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Dorothea Lange |
Photographed migrant farm workers during the great depression; inspired government aid programs and Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath |
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Franklin Roosevelt |
32nd president of the United States, 1933-1945; fight the great depression through his new deal social programs; battled Congress over Supreme Court control; proved a strong leader during world war two |
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Adolf Hitler |
German leader of National Socialist (Nazi) party 1933-1945; rose to power by promoting racist and nationalist views |
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Joseph Stalin |
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924-1953; worked with Roosevelt and Churchill during World War 2 but afterward became an aggressive participant in the cold war |
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Benito Mussolini |
Italian fascist leader who took power in the 1920s; called Il Duce (the leader) known for his brutal policies |
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Tojo Hideki |
Prime minister of Japan; supported war against the United States |
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Neville Chamberlain |
Prime minister of Great Britain; pursued appeasement with Germany |
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Winston Churchill |
Leader of Great Britain before and during world war 2; powerful speechmaker who rallied allied morale during the war |
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Harry Truman |
33rd president of the United States, 1945-1953; authorized use of atomic bomb; signed Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe |
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Douglas MacArthur |
United States general during the Great Depression, World War 2, and Korean War; forced by Truman to resign in 1951 |
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