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Frederick Douglass- Abolitionist speaker and writer who had escaped slavery

Abraham Lincoln- 16 th President, leader of the Union in the Civil War and signer of the Emancipation Proclamation- Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Frederick Douglass- Abolitionist speaker and writer who had escaped slavery. and apparently a hairbrush.

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Frederick Douglass- Abolitionist speaker and writer who had escaped slavery

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  1. Abraham Lincoln- 16th President, leader of the Union in the Civil War and signer of the Emancipation Proclamation- Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

  2. Frederick Douglass- Abolitionist speaker and writer who had escaped slavery and apparently a hairbrush

  3. Robert E. Lee- United States army colonel who gave up his post to become commander of the Confederate army in the Civil War. Went on to become president of Washington and Lee University

  4. Chief Joseph- Leader of the Nez Perce Indians. He led 800 men, women, and children in an escape attempt to Canada. When he was confronted he surrendered and said “I am tired of fighting”

  5. W.E.B. DuBois- African American teacher, writer, and leader who helped form the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

  6. Invented the airplane. Began building airplanes in their bicycle shop in Dayton Ohio. Completed the first Flight at Kitty Hawk NC. Wright Brothers Orville Wilbur

  7. Thomas Edison- American inventor who invented the phonograph and the first practical electric lightbulb; he also built the first power station to supply electricity to New York City.

  8. Alexander Graham Bell- American inventor and educator; he invented the telephone in 1878

  9. Andrew Carnegie- American Entrepreneur who helped the United States Steel industry grow. His business was centered in Pittsburgh.

  10. Henry Ford- Developed the assembly line after first having introduced the Model T five years earlier. He realized his dream of making an affordable automobile.

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