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SOL. Key People to Know. Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison Lighting and mechanical uses of electricity Now “See in the Dark”, work longer!. Alexander Graham Bell. Telephone services Improved Communications. Jane Addams. Founded Hull House It helped immigrants, learn English. Served meals.
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SOL Key People to Know
Thomas Edison • Thomas Edison • Lighting and mechanical uses of electricity • Now “See in the Dark”, work longer!
Alexander Graham Bell • Telephone services • Improved Communications
Jane Addams • Founded Hull House • It helped immigrants, learn English. • Served meals. • Daycare
Chief Joseph • Indian Policies and War • I Will Fight No More Forever • Manifest Destiny not good for Native Americans
Booker T (Training) Washington • Believed equality could be achieved through vocational (job) education. • Accepted separate but equal
W.E.B Dubois • Believed in full political, civil and social rights for African Americans • Deboyz, Degirlz full freedom
John D. Rockefeller • Captain of Industry. • Standard Oil Company • Exxon
Andrew Carnegie • Captain of Industry • Steel • Bessemer Process • Made steel stronger • Skyscrapers
Henry Ford • Assembly Line • Model T • Improved Transportation • More Jobs
Susan B. Anthony • Worked for woman’s suffrage (vote)
Franz Ferdinand • His Assassination by Princip started World War I. • 1914-1918 • U.S. joined in 1917 Lusitania/Unrestricted sub warfare and Zimmerman Telegram
Woodrow Wilson • President • Prepared a peace plan called the 14 points • Point #14 League of Nations “Baby” • Cause of WWII could not keep peace
Guglielmo Marconi • Developed the Radio
Wright Brothers • Inventors of the Airplane • First flight Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
David Sarnoff • Development of the Broadcast industry • Sign on Sign off=Broadcasting
Georgia O’Keefe • Artist, painter • Southwest scenes and urban scenes
F. Scott Fitzgerald • Book “Great Gatsby” • About Jazz age/1920’s • How spoiled and selfish they were
John Steinbeck • Book “Grapes of Wrath” • About poor migrant workers going to California and their struggles
Aaron Copland • Composer (wrote songs) • American music
George Gershwin • Composer (wrote songs) • America Music
Jacob Lawrence • African American painter • During Harlem Renaissance • Painted Great Migration North
Langston Hughes • Poet • During Harlem Renaissance • Combined the experiences of African American cultural roots
Duke Ellington • Jazz Musician • During Harlem Renaissance
Louis Armstrong • Jazz Musician • During Harlem Renaissance • Known for Trumpet playing
Bessie Smith • Blues Singer • During Harlem Renaissance
Franklin D. Roosevelt • Developed the New Deal to help people during the Great Depression • Social Security • Planted Trees • Build roads, dams • Put people to work • WWII
Adolf Hitler • Fascist Nazi Totalitarian Dictator of Germany • Responsible for the Holocaust, killing 6-9 million of the Jewish Race and others • Axis Power • Used Depression to rise to power (Hope)
Benito Mussolini • Fascist Dictator of Italy • Friends with Hitler • Axis power • Used Depression to rise to power (Hope)
Hideki Tojo • Fascist Dictator of Japan • Axis Power • Attacked Pearl Harbor making the U.S. mad enough to join WWII in 1941
Joseph Stalin • Totalitarian Dictator of U.S.S.R • Invaded Poland with Hitler starting WWII in 1939 • Changed sides after Hitler invaded Russia
Harry S. Truman • President of U.S. • Allies • Took over when FDR died • Dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ending WWII • Truman Doctrine-Help fight communism, contain it, Domino theory
Winston Churchill • Prime Minister of Great Britain • Allies • Last standing before U.S. joined in 1941 • Iron Curtain splits Eur. West Wonderful East Evil
Rosie the Riveter • Symbol of Working Women during WWII • Worked in Defense plants • In Propaganda Posters
George C. Marshall • Marshall Plan • Massive Economic Aid • Give money to Europe to rebuild after WWII • 40 billion • Used to prevent spread of Communism
Eleanor Roosevelt • Expanded Civil Rights • For Women • Supported Tuskegee Airmen
Martin Luther King Jr. • Passive Resistance against segregated facilities. • Peace, Sit ins, Marches, Freedom Riders • March on Washington 1963 • I have a Dream
Rosa Parks • Started the Civil Rights Movement with her action • Action: Not giving up her seat in front. • Montgomery Bus boycott for a year • Ended Segregation on Buses
Charles Drew – blood plasma “Drew – blood” plasma • African American physician and surgeon • helped develop blood banks for WWII
J. Robert Oppenheimer – physics • worked on Manhattan Project to develop atomic bomb for WWII • early leader in theoretical physics
William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain (Bell Labs Team) • won Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 for inventing transistors • led to computer chip, satellite tech, most modern electronics
Frank Lloyd Wright“Wright Design” Frank Lloyd Wright • greatest American architect • promoted organic architecture (harmonious integration of building, surrounding, and furnishings)
Ansel Adams“Andsell pictures” • photographer famous for black-and-white photos of Yosemite National Park and other places in the American West • environmentalist
Martha Graham“Marvelous dancing Martha” • choreographer • a pioneer of modern dance
Henry Louis Gates • African American scholar, writer, educator • emphasis on black culture
Maya Angelou“Maya love your poetry” Maya Angelou • African American poet, autobiographer • worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. • also involved in stage and film • delivered a poem at Clinton’s 1993 inauguration
William J. Durant • wrote history of Western civilization with focus on social and cultural developments and the experiences of “average” people • Traditionally, history focused on important leaders, politics, and wars.
Bill Gates “Gateway to technology” • computer technology entrepreneur (Chairman of Microsoft) • philanthropist
Ray Kroc • Czech-American entrepreneur • started as Illinois milkshake-machine salesman • partnered with McDonald brothers and eventually bought the rights to their restaurant • used Ford’s assembly-line techniques to revolutionize fast food
Sam Walton • big-business retailer from Oklahoma • started as owner of Ben Franklin stores that beat competition with late hours and low prices, which were made possible by smart deals with his wholesale suppliers • opened Wal-Mart chain in 1960’s in Arkansas • Wal-Mart, Inc. opened the first Sam’s Club in Oklahoma in 1983.