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Patriotic who declared give me liberty or give me death

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Patrick Henry

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Entrepreneur who made his fortune in the oil industry

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JD Rockefeller

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President known as the great humanitarian

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Herbert Hoover

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Served as president of the Confederacy during the Civil War

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Jefferson Davis

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Said I only regrets that I have but one life to lose for my country

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Nathan Hale

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Religious group who wrote the first classical music composed in America

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Moravians

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Former shoe salesman who became a great evangelist across America

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DL Moody

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Hymnist to roll blessed assurance and many other hymns in the late 1800s

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Fanny Crosby

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Chairman of joint chiefs of staff during the Persian gulf war

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Colin Powell

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General who led troops into come back in operation Desert Storm

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Norman Schwartzkopt

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First woman justice appointed to the Supreme Court

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Sandra day O’Connor

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Leader of al Qaeda terrorist network during the night 9-11 attacks

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Osma bin laden

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President who initiated the war on terror after 9/11

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George W. Bush

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Calvary commander killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn

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George Armstrong

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First Roman Catholic president

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John F. Kennedy

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Chief justice appointed to the Supreme Court and to dads and five by George W. Bush

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John G Roberts

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Dictator of Iraq who invaded Kuwait sparking in the Persian Gulf war

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Saddam Hussein

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Conservative prime minister of Great Britain during the Reagan administration

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Margaret thatcher

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Communist leader of the Soviet Union who signed INS treaty with President Reagan in 1987

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Father of the Constitution

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James Madison

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Best-known missionary to the Indians

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David Brainerd

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Invented the steel plow

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John Deere

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First European known to travel the length of Asia

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Marco Polo

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Discovered the Mississippi River

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Hernando De Soto

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Invented the telegraph
Samuel Morse
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Invented the reaping machine
Cyrus McCormick
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Wrote history of Plymouth plantation
William Bradford
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Led the rough riders in the battle of San Juan Hill
Theodore Roosevelt
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Not see dictator of Germany during World War II
Adolf Hitler
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President known as the great communicator
Ronnald Reagan
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Known as the father of progressive education
John Dewey
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Founded the settlement of Providence Rhode Island
Roger Williams
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Developed hundreds of uses for the peanut
George Washington Carver
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German soldier that team George tired to fight the colonist
Hessians
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The Soviet Union collapsed during the administration of this president
George W. Bush
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Posted the 95 thesis sparking the Proston we formation
Martin Luther
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Lead a movement to have prayer and Bible reading banned from public schools
Madalyn Murray O'hair
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Became the first black American to achieve the rank of four stars general and the US Armed Forces
Chappy games
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Wrote the famous porn that became a national anthem the Star-Spangled Banner
Francis Scott key
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Name of the Indian guide who accompanied the Louis and Clark expedition
Sacajawea
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Repealed prohibition
21st amendment
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The board with printed Scriptures and the alphabet
Hornbook
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Codename for America's atomic bomb project
Manhattan Project
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The murder of over 6 million Jews
Holocaust
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Prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol
18th amendment
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Gave Congress the power to tax incomes
16th amendment
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United states lead you and forces to Liberate Kuwait in 1991
Persian Gulf War
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Name of Charles Lindbergh's plane
Spirit of St. Louis
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Formed out of dislike for President Jackson and his powerful presidency
Whig party
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Name for President Franklin Roosevelt massive government welfare program
New deal
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Passed in Massachusetts to make sure children learn how to read and write
Ole'Deluder Satan act
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It's purpose is to balance the powers of the three branches of government
Checks and balances
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Name given to the presidents advisory
Cabinet
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First 10 amendments to the Constitution
Bill of Rights
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Doubled the size of United States
Louisiana purchase
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Used to be known as armistice day
Veterans Day
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Stroke a nice big and sank in 1912
Titanic
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Fast Overlink munication service before the telegraph
Pony express
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You and biblical theory that Charles Darwin promoted
Evolution
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Scandal which forced President Nixon to re-sign from office
Watergate
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President Reagan's conservative economic views were known as this
Reaganomics
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Need for evangelist who rode on horseback and conducted church services on the frontier
Circuit riders
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President George W. Bush created this US department to promote the safety of the American people
NAFTA
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Agreement which eliminated Terrace and other trade restrictions between the United States Canada and Mexico
Homeland security
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Name the two American cities that were attacked by terrorists on September 11, 2001
New York City and Washington DC
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Known as the lone star Republic
Texas
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William Penn founded both Pennsylvania and
Delaware
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First city to be bomb do with an atomic weapon
Hiroshima
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Oldest permanent settlement in the United States
St. Augustine
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First shot of the Civil War was fired
For Sumter
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John Winthrop described it as a city upon a hill
Massachusetts Bay colony
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First permanent English settlement in North America
Jamestown
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Natural pass and the Appalachian Mountains that allowed settlers to travel west
Cumberland gap
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First nation targeted in the war on terror for sheltering al Qaeda terrorists
Afghanistan
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Place where the Japanese made their final stand and lost nearly all their remaining ships in World War II
Leyte gulf
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Searched for the fabled fountain of youth
Ponce Leon

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