U.S. History by Letter- D

Based on the clues, name these people, places and things starting with the letter D.
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Escaped from slavery, became abolitionist
Frederick Douglass
First (and only) president of the CSA
Jefferson Davis
June 6, 1944
D-Day
First US state
Delaware
Nixon's "thawing" plan with Communism
Detente
Defense attorney in Scopes Trial
Clarence Darrow
Pan-Africanist, co-founded NAACP
W.E.B. Du Bois
Invented a library classification system
Melvil Dewey
First English person born in America
Virginia Dare
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Isolated poet of Amherst, MA
Emily Dickinson
Unofficial CSA anthem
Dixie
Oregon Trail locale famous for cannibalism
Donner Pass
Agricultural tragedy of the 1930s
Dust Bowl
Depression-era bank robber
John Dillinger
Pioneer of animation industry
Walt Disney
Popular name for US WWI soldiers
Doughboys
50's actor killed in car crash
James Dean
1995 Balkan peace agreement
Dayton Accords
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Apr 9, 2022
Donner Pass where the Donner party ate each other is near Lake Tahoe, far away from the Oregon Trail to the north. The Donner party diverged from the Oregon Trail in present-day Utah.