President
16th President of US; Saved the Union during the Cold War; Emancipated the slaves holding practice in the South
Abraham Lincoln
Printer, author, diplomat, statesman, and the OG Founding Father; Highly respected man in Europe (due to his discoveries of electricity)
Benjamin Franklin
Driving force for innovations such as: phonograph, motion picture cameras, incandescent light bulbs, world's first industrial research lab and improving telegraphs.
Thomas Edison
US Filmmaker; Creator of animated cartoons; Revolutionized the animation industry; Has theme parks under his name (2 of them are in the US)
Walt Disney
US Baptist minister and civil rights leader; Led the Montgomery Bus Boycott; Led the Birmingham Campaign; Organized the Great March in Washington; Advocated equal rights for African Americans
Martin Luther King Jr.
32nd President (Served from 1933-45); The 22nd Amendment was added to the Constitution to prevent futuristic "lengthy" presidential terms.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Participated in McCarthyism Communist Scare; Developed economic policies that reduced the promotion of laissez-faire and cutted off many welfare programs.
*Iran hostages were released on his Inauguration Day
Ronald Reagan
German-born physicist; Migrated to the US during/after the rise of Hitler due to his Jewish background; Developed general theories of relativity
Albert Einstein
Revolutionized industry through his moving assembly; Model T was regarded an affordable automobile for middle class; His company changed the way American commute to this day
Henry Ford
American revolutionary leader, philosopher, & writer; Published "Common Sense" to advocate for American independence
Thomas Paine
He was a delegate from Virginia at the Second Continental Congress; Wrote the Declaration of Independence; He later served as the third President of the United States
Thomas Jefferson
US statesman and leader of the Federalist; Revolutionized US financial system; He founded the First National Bank, Coastal Guard, and US Mint.
Alexander Hamilton
Responsible for the development of the first telephone
FUN FACT: He faced more than 600 lawsuits over his telephone patent!
Alexander Graham Bell
Creator of Carnegie Steel; Used vertical integration for production; Was one of the "Robber Barons"
Andrew Carnegie
Broke baseball's "color line" & became the first African American to play in MLB; Led the Brooklyn Dodgers to six league championships & one World Series victory
Jackie Robinson
4th President of US; A member of the Continental Congress; Strongly supported the ratification of the Constitution and contributed to the Federalist Papers; His presidency was marked by War of 1812
James Maddison
Chief Justice (1950-60's) who used loose interpretation to expand the rights for African Americans; Arranged an unanimous decision in Brown V. Board of Education - ruling segregation was unconstitutional
Earl Warren
Mechanical Engineer and Manufacturer; Known for creating the Cotton Gin as well as developing mass productions of interchangeable parts
Eli Whitney
Banker who bought out Carnegie Steel and renames it to US steel; Gave all the money for WWI; Was one of the "Robber Barons"
J.P. Morgan
Social reform who campaigned for women's suffrage movement; Activist for Abolish and Temperance; Helped pave the way to added 19th Amendment to the Constitution
Susan B. Anthony
28th President of the US; Known for adequate WWI leadership; Sought for 14 point post-war plans; Creator of League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson
Created the Precedent of Judicial Review; Ruled on many early decisions that gave federal gov more power and established the Supreme Court as an equal third branch.
Chief Justice John Marshall
US Virologist and medical researcher who developed the first successful polio vaccines
*Good Luck
Jonas Salk
Established Major US Business trusts; Founded the Standard Oil Company - dominating 90% of the oil industry;
John D. Rockafellar
A marine biologist; first ecologist to realize the dangers of pesticide; Author of Silent Springs
Rachel Carson