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3. Do You Know Me? Leading English abolitionist. He headed the parliamentary campaign against the British slave trade, leading to the passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807. William Wilberforce I’m NEW on the TEKS ! World History 21C

4. Do You Know Me? John Peter Muhlenberg An American clergyman and Continental Army soldier during the Revolutionary War. He was also a political figure in the newly-independent United States – serving in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. I’m NEW on the TEKS ! U.S. History 1C

5. Do You Know Me? American writer and first female playwright. She was known as the "Conscience of the American Revolution". She wrote unbylined anti-British and anti-Loyalist propaganda plays from 1772 to 1775. She created a Jeffersonian (anti-Federalist) interpretation of the Revolution, entitled History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution. Mercy Otis Warren I’m NEW on the TEKS ! 8.4C

6. Do You Know Me? William Blackstone A British judge and politician of the 18th century, he is most noted for writing the Commentaries on the Laws of England. Providing a complete overview of English law, the 4-volume work influenced the thought of such Americans as John Jay, John Adams, John Marshall, and even Lincoln. The work continues to be cited in Supreme Court decisions even today. I’m NEW on the TEKS ! 8.20A; World History 16C; Government 1C

7. Do You Know Me? Austrian-born economist and philosopher best known for his defense of classical liberalism and free-market capitalism against socialist and collectivist thought. He is considered to be one of the most important economists and political philosophers of the 20th century, winning the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1974. Friedrich Hayek I’m NEW on the TEKS ! Economics 5E

8. Do You Know Me? Bernardo de Gálvez Spanish military leader and the general of Spanish forces in New Spain, he served as governor of Louisiana and Cuba and as viceroy of New Spain. He aided the Thirteen Colonies in their quest for independence and led the Spanish armies against Britain in the Revolutionary War, defeated the British at Pensacola and re-conquered Florida for Spain. I’m NEW on the TEKS ! 8.4B

9. Do You Know Me? Human rights activist and author. His work in the struggle for emigration rights of Soviet Jews wishing to move to Israel led to his 9 year imprisonment in a Soviet gulag. The first political prisoner ever released by Mikhail Gorbachev due to intense political pressure from Ronald Reagan. Immediately after, he emigrated to Israel where he wrote his memoir, Fear No Evil. Natan Sharansky I’m NEW on the TEKS ! World History 22E

10. Do You Know Me? Father Antonio Margil de Jesus Born in Valencia, Spain, this early missionary established the first church in what is now the state of Louisiana and is often referred to as the ‘patron saint’ of Roman Catholic activity in East Texas. I’m NEW on the TEKS ! 7.2C

11. Do You Know Me? A Polish Jew who immigrated to New York during the period of the American Revolution. Sympathetic to the colonial cause, he joined the Sons of Liberty and became a prime financier of the Continental Army.After the war, he managed, time-after-time, to raise the money to bailout the debt-ridden government of the newly established nation. Haym Solomon I’m NEW on the TEKS ! 8.4B

12. Do You Know Me? Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo A unique organization of Argentine women who have become human rights activists in order to achieve a common goal: For over three decades, they have fought for the right to re-unite with their abducted children who disappeared during the Dirty War of the military dictatorship, between 1976 and 1983. I’m NEW on the TEKS ! World History 22E

13. Do You Know Me? American aviation pioneer and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He rose to fame by making the first officially witnessed flight in North America and making the first long-distance flight in the U.S.His company, the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, built aircraft for the U.S. Army and Navy that were dominant in both world wars. Glenn Curtiss I’m NEW on the TEKS ! U. S. History 6B

14. Do You Know Me? An early American lawyer and politician. He served on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and was also a representative and senator in the new republic. He was the only person to sign all four great state papers of the U.S.: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. Roger Sherman I’m NEW on the TEKS ! Government 1D

15. Do You Know Me? An African American journalist, newspaper editor and, with her husband, newspaper owner Ferdinand L. Barnett, an early leader in the civil rights movement. She documented the extent of lynching in the United States, and was also active in the women's rights movement and the women's suffrage movement. Ida B. Wells I’m NEW on the TEKS ! U. S. History 5B

16. Do You Know Me? George Mason American patriot, statesman, and a delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. He led those pressing for the addition of States rights and individual rights to the U.S. Constitution as a balance to the increased federal powers, and did not sign the document because it lacked this. His efforts succeeded in convincing the Federalists to add the first ten amendments and for that reason he is often referred to as the “Father of the Bill of Rights”. I’m NEW on the TEKS ! 8.17A; Government 1D

17. Do You Know Me? William Goyens The son of a free mulatto and a white woman, he came to Texas in 1820 and lived at Nacogdoches, successfully running his own blacksmithing and wagon making business. During the Texas Revolution, he was given the important task of keeping the Cherokees friendly with the Texans and,as interpreter with Gen. Sam Houston,negotiating a treaty with the tribe. I’m NEW on the TEKS ! 7.4A

18. Do You Know Me? A wealthy Maryland planter and early advocate of independence from Great Britain, he served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later as United States Senator for Maryland. He was the only Catholic and the longest-lived (and last surviving) signatory of the Declaration of Independence, dying at the age of 95. Charles Carroll I’m NEW on the TEKS ! U.S. History 1C

19. Do You Know Me? Milton Friedman American economist, statistician, and the recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. As a leader of the Chicago School of Economics, he is best known for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy and for his restatement of a political philosophy that extolled the virtues of a free market economic system with little intervention by government. He was an economic advisor to U.S. President Ronald Reagan. I’m NEW on the TEKS ! Economics 5E

20. Do You Know Me? A career military officer who served in the armies of three nations -as a U.S. Army officer in the Mexican-American War, a Confederate general during the Civil War, and a general in the Imperial Mexican Army. He was most noted for his actions in delaying Federal troops during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign through elaborate ruses that gave an impression that Confederates had more forces than in actuality, and for successfully defending Galveston, Texas, against the Union Army and Navy early in 1863. John B. Magruder I’m NEW on the TEKS ! 7.5C

21. Do You Know Me? Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. One of the few Americans who served as governor in both a pre-Revolutionary colony and a post-Revolutionary state (Connecticut). During the American Revolution he was the only colonial governor who supported the American side. I’m NEW on the TEKS ! U. S. History 1C

22. Do You Know Me? Co-founder and First Vice President Emeritus of the UFW (United Farm Workers of America). As an advocate for farmworkers' rights, she has been arrested 22 times for participating in non-violent civil disobedience activities. In 1965 she directed the national grape boycott, taking the plight of the farm workers to the consumers. In 1966, she negotiated a contract between the UFW and Schenley Wine Company, marking the first time that farm workers were able to successfully collectively bargain with an agricultural enterprise. Dolores Huerta I’m NEW on the TEKS ! U.S. History 26D

23. Do You Know Me? Lester Maddox Governor of the state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. He was a populist-styled politician coming to prominence as a staunch segregationist who had refused to open his own restaurant to blacks following the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I’m NEW on the TEKS ! U. S. History 9G

24. Do You Know Me? First African American to serve in the United States Congress. As a Senator, he represented Mississippi in 1870 and 1871 during Reconstruction. Though serving only one term, he was consistently praised in the papers for his oratorical skills, quoted often about the need for moderation and compromise. While Radical Republicans called for continued punishment of ex-Confederates, he argued for amnesty and a restoration of full citizenship. Hiram Rhodes Revels I’m NEW on the TEKS ! 8.9B

25. Do You Know Me? Frances Willard An American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. Her influence was instrumental in the passage of the Eighteenth (Prohibition) and Nineteenth (Women Suffrage) Amendments to the United States Constitution. I’m NEW on the TEKS ! U. S. History 26D

26. Do You Know Me? A Spanish Indian-fighter in New Spain and the founder and first governor of the colony of Nuevo Santander, which extended from the modern-day Mexican state of Veracruz to the Guadalupe River in the state of Texas. José de Escandón I’m NEW on the TEKS ! 7.2C