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Identity
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Main deeds / Hint
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Answer
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President
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Elected as president during the Great Depression, introduced an economic policy called the "New Deal" and led the US into World War II
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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President
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Led the US into World War I, proposed "Fourteen Principles" as a postwar peace agenda
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Woodrow Wilson
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President
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Solved the Second Berlin & Cuban Missile Crisis, proposed the Civil Rights Act, launched the moon-landing program, mysteriously assassinated
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John F. Kennedy
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Social Activist
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Led Montgomery bus boycott, organized a march towards Washington, delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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President
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Led the US into Vietnam War, proposed "Great Society", signed the Civil Rights Act
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Third Party Leader
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Stablize agricultural product prices during the New Deal, advocated in cooperating with the Soviet Union, established the "Progressive Party"
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Henry Wallace
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Cabinet Member
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Attorney General, assassinated by a white supremacist when running for presidency
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Robert F. Kennedy
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Congressman
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First female congressman in the US, cast veto votes in both congressional votings deciding whether to enter a World War
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Jeannette Rankin
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Cabinet Member
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Attorney General, promoted the enactment of the Voting Rights Act and the 1968 Civil Rights Act
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Ramsey Clark
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Chief Justice
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Overthrew racial segregation in Warren v. Board of Education
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Earl Warren
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President
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Military officer who entered politics after the war, hosted the construction of a large number of highways, promoted the ceasefire in Korea, supported the independence of South Vietnam
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Cabinet Member
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Served as Secretary of State and later Secretary of the Army, refused to recognize Manchukuo, reorganized the US Army on the eve of World War II, proposed to use atomic bombs against Japan
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Henry Stimson
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President
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Proposed the concept of "human rights diplomacy", allowed Panama to regain control of its canal, and established diplomatic relations with Communist China
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Jimmy Carter
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Cabinet Member
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German American, Secretary of Treasury, presided over the Bretton Woods Conference, propose transforming Germany into an agricultural state
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Henry Morgenthau Jr.
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President
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Took over after the previous president passed away, implemented completely different policies, started the Cold War against the Soviet Union
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Harry S. Truman
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Cabinet Member
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Secretary of the Air Force, Created the modern US Air Force, proposed to force Germany and Japan to surrender through "strategic bombing"
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Henry H. Arnold
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Vice President
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One of the main opponents of the New Deal, committed to increasing the power of the Supreme Court
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John N. Garner
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Cabinet Member
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Secretary of Treasury, lowered corporate tax rates to restore economic prosperity, but this widened wealth gap and indirectly led to the Great Depression
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Andrew W. Mellon
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Cabinet member
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Secretary of State and Secretary of the Army, proposed the "European Recovery Program" to restore the economies of Western European countries after a war
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George Marshall
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State Governor
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Governor of New York, Catholic, advocated for the repeal of the Prohibition law and participated in a presidential election
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Al Smith
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State Governor
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Governor of Illinois, participated in two presidential election, but both failed
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Adlai Stevenson II
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Cabinet Member
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Secretary of State, viewed as "Father of the United Nations"
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Cordell Hull
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Vice President
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Presided over the formulation of a plan named after him to address the issue of reparations for Germany after World War I
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Charles G. Dawes
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President
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Elected president during the "Roaring Twenties", cut government spending, suppressed labour movements, jointly initiated the "Treaty for the Renun-ciation of War" with France
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Calvin Coolidge
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President
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Never won a persidencial election, granted a presidential amnesty to the guilty former president
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Gerald Ford
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Vice President
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Born at a wealthy business family, served as the governor of New York for 14 years, ousted his opponent from power in the Watergate scandal, nominated as the vice president by the succeeding president
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Nelson Rockfeller
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Cabinet Member
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Secretary of State, strongly implemented the strategy of containing the Soviet Union, advocated rearming Germany and control Asia, Africa and Latin America
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Dean Acheson
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Cabinet Member
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Secretary of Treasury and Secretary of State, alleviated stagflation, pushed for the signing of the INF Treaty between the US and the Soviet Union
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George Shultz
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Cabinet Member
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Secretary of State, secretly visited Communist China, participated in the negotiations to end the Vietnam War, mediated between the Arab states and Israel
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Henry Kissinger
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State Governor
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Governor of California, ended "Affirmative Actions" in California, the governor with the longest tenure in California
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Jerry Brown
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State Governor
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Governor of New York, strongly cracked down on crime in New York, participated in the presidential election twice but both failed
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Thomas Duwe
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State Governr
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Governor of Massachusetts, Greek American, democrat, ran for presidency once but failed
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Michael S. Dukakis
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President
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Supressed student movement, visited Communist China, withdrew from Vietnam, monitored the opponent during a presidential election
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Richard Nixon
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Cabinet Member
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Secretary of State, advocated the use of diplomatic means to deal with the challenges posed by the Soviet Union, participated in the ceasefire negotiations for Korean War
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John F. Dulles
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Third Party Leader
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Leader of Communist Party of USA, be put in jail for 14 months, disbanded CPUSA at last
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Earl R. Browder
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Cabinet Member
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Secretary of the Navy, first Secretary of Defense, dead mysteriously
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James Forrestal
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Vice President
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Republican, will be president after the time range of this quiz
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George H. W. Bush
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President's Consultant
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"Female wolf warrior," professor of political science, the first female permanent representative of the US to the UN
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Jeane Kirkpatrick
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Third Party Leader
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Firebombed Tokyo, organized Berlin airlift, later became a third party leader and ran for vice president
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Curtis LeMay
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Cabinet Member
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Secretary of Defense, significantly expanded US military spending in late Cold War and advocated dragging down the Soviet Union through "low-intensity warfare"
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Caspar W. Weinberger
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Vice President
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Supported "Great Society" and the Vietnam War, ran for presidency but failed
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Hubert Humphrey
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President
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Did too little to save the economy during the Great Depression, causing the economic situation to go even worse
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Herbert Hoover
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Cabinet Member
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Secertary of Defense, triggered the Vietnam War and had to resign after increasingly intense protests, later became president of World Bank
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Robert McNamara
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President
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Adopted neoliberal economic policies to address stagflation, expanded military spending to drag down the Soviet Union
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Ronald Reagan
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State Governor
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Governor of Arkansas, supported Segregation in school and caused the Little Rock City Incident
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Orval Faubus
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Congressman
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Was the Governor of Louisiana before elected senator, proposed "Wealth Sharing Plan" and the slogan "Everyone a King"
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Huey P. Lang
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Federal Bureau Director
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Served as the FBI director for 48 years, used a large number of illegal means to spy on social activists, gay and "communists"
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J. Edgar Hoover
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Congressman
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Anti-communist extremist, HUAC leader, suspected that a large number of government and military personnel were Communist spies
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Joseph McCarthy
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Congressman
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Author of "The Conscience of a Conservative," opposed the "Great Society" ideology, ran for presidency once but failed, proposed to use nuclear bombs against Vietnam
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Barry Goldwater
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Third Party Leader
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Infamous Segregation supporter, Governor of Alabama, ran for presidency in an independent party but failed, assassinated but survived
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George Wallace
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