FINAL people

Washington, Booker T.

DuBois, W.E.D.

Wilson, Woodrow

He is the President of the US during the Great War. He is important because he got the US involved and helped end the war by going to the peace conference and creating his Fourteen Points of Peace.

Rickenbacker, Eddie

He is the best US Ace and American fighter pilot from Columbus who got 26 kills. He is important because he helped majorly with airfare and gave US advantages by helping.

Lenin, Vladimir

He led the communist revolution. He is important because this is the reason Russia left the war so he took Russia out of World War I. 

Hoover, Herbert

he was the president of the US during the Great Depression, who was a republican. Many people did not like Hoover due to the depression happening on his watch and he was blamed for it.

Coolidge, Calvin

He said “the business of America is the business”, meaning that Americans have good business, and they work hard to produce lots of the world’s goods. He explains how work is good and Americans need to get after it. (also president)

Harding, Warren

He wanted a “ return to normalcy”, meaning he wants things to be how they were pre-war and he wanted America to turn back to normal after World War I.

Dwight D., Eisenhower

this American general commanded operation torch and leader became the supreme allied Commander in Europe. He was the top commander at D-Day.

Patton, George

this American general led troops in North Africa, Africa, and Sicily, and was also important as the decor to see the Germans on D-Day.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

He was the president of the United States for most of World War II. He met with Churchill at sea and signed the Atlantic charter, saying that their countries would work together to defeat the Axis powers. Him, Churchill, and Stalin were called the big three and met at Yalta and determined that the Elbe River would be a stopping point in Europe.

Truman, Harry S.

he became the US president at thr end of WWII and the early Cold War era. He made the decision to drop atomic bombs on two Japanese cities. He created the doctrine that said, “it must be the policy of the U.S. to assist free peoples resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures”.

Castro, Fidel

He led a revolt in Cuba and became the communist dictator of Cuba.

Khrushchev, Nikita

He was the leader of the USSR who tried to ease tensions by visiting the U.S. and going to Disney World. He also caused tension by stating, “we will bury you!”

King, Jr, Martin Luther

He was a Baptist minister who became the leader of the Civil Rights Movement. He is known for his beliefs in non-violent resistance and civil disobedience.

Mao Zedong

He led the communists in the Chinese Civil War. His side won the Chinese Civil War and he then became the dictator of China.

Stalin, Joseph

He was the leader of the USSR at the end of WWII. His decisions at the Yalta Conference led to Eastern Europe being occupied by the Soviet Union after the war.

Friedan, Betty

She wrote The Feminine Mystique and founded the National Organization of Women (NOW).

Ho Chi Minh

He was a nationalist and communist leader of North Vietnam and the Viet Cong in the 1960s.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

The Gulf of Tonkin resolution gave him power to escalate the Vietnam War. His domestic policy was called “The Great Society”

Kennedy, John F.

This U.S. president's domestic program was called “The New Frontier.” He set the goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. He was elected in 1960 and approved the Bay of Pigs invasion. He said “ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country”.