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History Final Exam People
Who Am I's? chapter 6.4-10
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9th Grade
05/24/2016

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William Howard Taft
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I was handpicked by Theodore Roosevelt to become president upon his retirement.
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Gifford Pinchot
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I became chief forester of the United States Forestry Service under Theodore Roosevelt
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Woodrow Wilson
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I was elected president in 1912, and am known for segregating Washington, D.C for first time since "Reconstruction"
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Alice Paul
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I was a Quaker and the Co-founder of the National Women's Party.
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Richard Ballinger
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I was the secretary of the interior, and was accused of fraud dealings with land sales in Alaska
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William Randolph Hearst
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I was the publisher of the New York Journal
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Walter Reed
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I proved theory that yellow fever was caused by mosquitos
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Jose Marti
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I urged Cubans' to fight for their independence from Spain
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George Dewey
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I commanded U.S. Navy's Asiatic Squadron which either sank or set afire Spain's fleet in Manila Bay
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Leonard Wood
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I originally led the Rough Riders
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William Gorgas
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I helped Walter Reed prove yellow fevers cause, and I eliminated the threat of fever and malaria with drainage
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Profirio Diaz
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I was dictator of Mexico from 1877-1910
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John Pershing
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I was in charge of the search unit for Francisco "Pancho" Villa
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Francisco Villa
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I operated in Northern Mexico during the Mexican Revollution
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Victoriano Huerta
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I overthrew Francisco Madero for presidency
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James Cook
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I founded the Hawaiian Islands in 1778
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Liliuokalani
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I was queen of Hawaii in 1891
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Sanford Dole
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I invested a lot of money in Hawaii's fruit industry, and proclaimed president of Hawaii in 1893
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Charles Sperry
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I led the Great White Fleet
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Theodore Roosevelt
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I won Nobel Peace Prize for my efforts in negotiating the end of Russo-Japanese War
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Gavrillo Princep
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I assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand which ultimately started WWI
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Herbert Hoover
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I was in charge of the Food Administration during the war
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John Pershing
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I was in charge of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during the war
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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I was main force behind the Senate not ratifying the Treaty of Versailles
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Harry Garfield
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I was in charge of Fuel Administration during the war
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George Creel
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I was in charge of the Committee on Public Information during the war
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Vladimir Lenin
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I was leader of the Bolsheviks in Russia
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Billy Mitchell
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I believed there was great potential in the air force
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Henry Ford
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I invented the assembly line
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Warren Harding
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My presidency was marked by scandals
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Albert Fall
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I was secretary pf interior and convicted in the Teapot Dome Scandal
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A. Mitchell Palmer
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I was attorney general and responsible for the deportation of many communists
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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We were convicted and executed for armed robbery and murder
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Calvin Coolidge
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I became president in 1923 and was known to be honest
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Clara Bow
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I was known as the "It" Girl
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W.E.B. Dubois
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I was editor of the Crisis and one of the founders of the NAACP
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Marcus Garvey
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I found the UNIA, and believed Blacks did not need help from whites in society
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Rudolph Valentino
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I was the male sex symbol adored by millions of women
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Charlie Chaplin
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I was a silent film star that played a tramp
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D.W. Griffith
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I directed the Birth Of A Nation
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Charles Lindbergh
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I was the first person to complete a single transatlantic flight
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Babe Ruth
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I was baseball player that had most home-runs in the sport
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Billy Sunday
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I was an ex baseball player that was a fundamentailist
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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I wrote novels about the values of the 1920's like The Great Gatsby
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Emilia Earhart
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I was the first woman to complete a single transatlantic flight in 1928
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William Jennings Bryan
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I was the prosecuting attorney for the state during the Scopes trial
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George Gershwin
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I wrote many popular songs in the 1920's
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Louis Armstrong
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I was a musician popular during the Harlem Renaissance; especially for my trumpet playing
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