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20 Cards in this Set
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Alexander Graham Bell
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he is credited with inventing the first telephone |
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Annie Oakley
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Famous across the U.S. for her amazing aim at such a young age. has the nickname "little sure shot"
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Charles Lindbergh
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he completed the first solo transatlantic flight
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Comstock
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discovered the Comstock lode
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Douglas MacArthur
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He was one of the most famous American leaders in WWII
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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He was a five star General in the US Army in WWII and was the 34th president of the US from 1953 to 1961
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Grover Cleveland
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was famous for being the first president to serve two non-consecutive terms in the Whitehouse.
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George Armstrong Custer |
He is famous for Custards Fall where he lost to Sitting Bull |
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George Washington Carver
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famous for his work with peanuts and all the foods he created with them. |
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Famous for non-violent protesting so that African Americans are treated equal to everyone else.
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Thomas Edison
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Famous for inventing the lightbulb along with many other items we take for advantage today.
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Thurgood Marshall
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He was the first African American supreme court justice
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William Randolph Hearst
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Known for using yellow journalism in newspapers
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William Seward |
He was the man who made the US buy Alaska.
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Wyatt Earp |
He was a famous Peace officer of the old west
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Sandra Day O’Connor
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She was the first woman to serve as a Justice of the Supreme Court
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Rosa Parks |
famous for not giving up her seat to a white man when she was legally supposed to.
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Neil Armstrong
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first man to walk on the moon.
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P. T. Barnum |
Co-founder of Barnum and Bailey Circus
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Osama Bin Laden
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the leader of Al-Qaeda and responsible for the 9/11 attacks
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