Title: Sub-Groups of American History
1Sub-Groups of American History
- Leaders of our past for key groups
- throughout American History
2Life in the Colonies
- Puritans valued family, literacy, parental
direction. - Chesapeake colonies had shorter life span due to
disease and had fewer children with fewer
families. - Indentured servants were used more than slaves
40 of indentured servants die before they
achieve their freedom. As economics changed in
Europe, fewer people needed indentured servants,
so slavery became the new option.
3Life in the Colonies
- Men were in the power positions, and situations
like Anne Hutchinson or the Salem Witch Trials as
moments when women attempted to influence
government. - In the Puritan society, the women had no
decision-making ability they could be be member
of the church (like the men) but the women still
could not vote. - Thanksgiving with Squanto and the Pilgrims
Pocahontas and John Smith King Philips War are
examples of culture clash.
4Pocahontas (1595-1617)
- A Powhatan tribal member, she saved John
Smiths life. She later marries and Englishman
and goes to England and received royally. She
becomes ill and dies there.
5Squanto (1585-1623)
- In Plymouth colony he was made Gov. William
Bradford's Indian emissary. He was credited
with participating the 1st Thanksgiving
6Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643)
- She held unorthodox views that challenged the
authority of the clefty and views the very
integrity of the Puritan experience in
Massachusetts Bay Colony.
7King Philip (1675)
- Also known as Metacom, this Wampanoag chief
planned an attack for 13 years by planning
alliances with other tribes against the Puritans.
The Puritans got the Iroquois to join them and
King Philip was defeated. A higher of
colonists were killed in this war than the
American Revolution War later.
8Father Junipero Serra (1713-1784)
- Founded the 1st Catholic settlement in California
in the mid-18th century. - Franciscan priest who traveled from Spain to
Mexico to set up missions, some of which became
San Diego San Francisco.
9Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797
- Kidnapped as a boy from Africa, Equiano survived
the Middle Passage to live a life of a slave.
Later he bought his freedom and became an
abolitionist in England. - He wrote The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah
Equiano - The 18th century was the busiest time of the
slave trade, as over 6 million people were
brought over. By the end of the 1700s, slaves
made up 80 of the Caribbean colonies.
10Tecumseh (early 1800s)
- Shawnee chief, along with his brother The
Prophet, pushed for Indian alliances among
tribes and the English. In the Battle of
Tippencanoe, William Henry Harrison defeats The
Prophet and the hope of the Indians. -
- The Great Spirit gave this great land to his red
children.
11Crispus Attucks
- As a member of the Liberty Boys, he led colonists
against the Redcoats in Boston he becomes one
of 5 who were killed in the Boston Massacre. - This Attucksappears to have undertaken to be
the hero of the night and to lead this army with
bannersup to King Street with their clubs This
man with his party cried, Do not be afraid of
them! He had hardiness enough to fall in upon
them! John Adams account of the Boston
Massacre.
12Life in the New Nation
- After the American Revolution, the population was
doubling every 25 years. There was also a
migration west. - After indentured servant volunteers decreased
and the cotton gin was invented, slavery became
the major source of manpower in the South. - The growth of markets for farm products in the
cities, coupled with the liberal land policies of
the federal government let to steady growth in
staple agricultural crops. - Before 1815, there were not many public schools
most education was private. - Women were considered unfit for academics.
13Life in the New Nation
- In 1808, trade for slaves through the Middle
Passage was outlawed, if not always obeyed. Slave
marriages were not recognized and slave families
could be separated when slaves were sold down
the river towards New Orleans. - The Native Americans had split on their
loyalities during the French-Indian War. During
the American Revolution, most had sided with the
French. - Thomas Jefferson was one of the first to consider
the idea of moving the Indians to a reservation
system.
14Phyllis Wheatley (1753-1784)
- 1st great woman poet, whose poetry revolved
around her faith and religious themes. When her
first poetry book was published, many did not
believe a former slave had written it. John
Hancock vouched for her authorship.
15Sacajawea (1804)
- 15 year old wife of a French fur trader, this
Mandan Indian maiden (with her baby son) went
along with Lewis Clark to serve as an
interpreter.
16Abigail Adams (1744-1818)
- If particular care and attention is not paid to
the ladies, we are determined to foment a
rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by
any laws in which we have no voice, or
representation.
17Dolly Madison
- Dolly saved many important documents and a
portrait of President Washington when the British
burned the Capitol during the War of 1812.
18Life in the Jacksonian Antebellum Eras
- There was a movement to allow all white males to
vote (versus just the land-owning gentry) under
Jackson Age of the Common Man. - Free blacks in the South were usually excluded
from the polls, and even in Northern states. - Jackson supported the removal of all Indian
tribes to west of the Miss. River. The Indian
Removal Act (1830) and the refusal to enforce the
Worcester v. Ga Supreme Court case sealed their
fate. -
19Life in the Jacksonian and Antebellum Eras
- Europeans such as Alex Touqueville described
Americans as being restless, compulsive joiners
of groups, committed to progress, hard-working,
hard-playing, and driven to acquire wealth. - These Americans talked of equality, but the
reality of the system led to class society and
mob incidents. -
- The Transcendentalists began in Concord, Mass.
Led by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau,
and Emily Dickinson repudiated the repression of
society, the use of civil disobedience, and the
lessons learned from nature. - Manifest Destiny is completed in President Polks
adminstration.
20Life in the Jacksonian and Antebellum Eras
- Protestant Revivalism became a powerful force,
including Charles Finneys Social Gospel. - Womens temperance movements started in 1826,
though many immigrants fought it. - Dorthea Dix, Seneca Falls, and the Abolitionist
Movement began during this period. - Birth rates began to drop, especially in cities.
Children were more economic liabilities than
assets. Immigration increased in the cities. - The 1st Industrial Revolution occurs, and for the
1st time, there were more wage earners than
self-employed Americans. King Cotton took over
in the South. Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vesey,
and Nat Turner planned to lead slave revolts.
21Sequoyah
- Cherokee man, also known as George Guess
created the 1st written language for a Native
American tribe. - It was a syllabury, based on syllables rather
than letters.
22John Ross (1830s)
- Cherokee chief who won Worcester v. Georgia, only
to watch President Andrew Jackson refuse to
support the decision. Chief Ross later was forced
to lead his tribe on the Trail of Tears to
Oklahoma.
23Cult of Domesticity v. The Lowell Mill
- Cult of Domesticity The prevailing view in the
early 1800s that a womans roles were to be
housework, child care, and teaching. - Lowell Mill hired women for less pay than men
(though it did pay more than teaching). Theyd
work 13 hours a day. They later organized the 1st
strike by women workers.
24Clara Barton
- Clara served as a nurse during the Civil War and
later started the Red Cross. - She went to Andersonville Prison in Georgia to
identify graves of fallen Union prisoners.
25Dorthea Dix (
- As a prison and asylum reformer, she focused on
rehabilitation treatment for the sick and
imprisoned. - Injustice is also done to the convicts it is
certainly very wrong that they should be doomed
day after day and night after night to listen to
the ravings of manmen and madwomen.
26Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Attended the National Anti-Slavery Society and
befriended Lucretia Mott. - They held the womens rights convention in Seneca
Fall, New York in 1848. - We hold these truths to be self-evident that
all men and women are created equal.
27Lucretia Mott
- With Elizabeth Stanton, she planned the Seneca
Falls Womens Right Convention. She gave the
opening speech closing speech. - She was a Quaker!
- She and her husband later became a stop on the
Underground RR.
28Sarah Angelina Grimke
- These sisters were daughters of a slave owner in
South Carolina. These ladies began to speak for
the abolition of slaves. - Angelina wrote An Appeal to Christian women of
the South that spelled out the evils of slavery. - The Massachusetts clergy criticized the ladies
for assuming the place tone of man as public
reformers.
29Emily Dickinson
- Part of the Transcendentalism Movement in the
mid-1800s, Alcott joined Ralph Waldo Emerson and
Henry David Thoreau in the belief of living a
simple life and celebrating the truth found in
nature and in personal emotion and imagination.
30Elizabeth Blackwell
- In 1849, she became the 1st woman to graduate
from a medical college. - She later opened the Infirmary for Women and
Children.
31Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)
- Isabella Baumfree was born a slave, but became on
July 4, 1827, when New York abolished slavery.
She then traveled the country preaching and
arguing for abolition of slaves. - Aint I a woman? I could work as much as eat as
much as a manand bear the lash as well. Aint I
a woman?
32Nat Turner (1800-1831)
- Slave preacher who was moved by the story of
Moses leading the Israelites out of slavery. He
leads a revolt that leads to many deaths,
including his own.
33Harriet Tubman (1820-1913)
- Known as Black Moses, she led 300 people to
freedom on the Underground RR after the Fugitive
Slave Act. - A 40,000 bounty was put on her for her capture!
- She later served as a spy for the North during
the Civil War.
34Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)
- Abolitionist who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin in 1852.
- Later, during the Civil War, Stowe met President
Lincoln who said So this is the little lady who
made the big war.
35Henry Box Brown (1815-???)
- Slave who got his friends to mail him to
freedom from Virginia to the Abolitionist Society
in Philadelphia. - He spent 28 hours in a 4 foot box with biscuits
and water.
36Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)
- Former slave who spoke wrote eloquently about
abolition of slavery. - Published the North Star newspaper.
- Pushed President Lincoln for emancipation of
slaves during Civil War.
37Civil War, Reconstruction, New South
- Shermans total warfare devastated life in the
South 10 of the men had died, property had been
destroyed, value in slaves was lost, land was
confiscated, carpetbaggers scalawags attempted
to dominate, and the Ku Klux Klan begins to limit
the rights of the newly freedmen. - Boss Tweeds Tammany Hall dominated local city
politics and Confederate leaders were prohibited
from holding office or voting. - Corruption in Grants time, Election of 1876, and
Clevelands tenure led to increased power by
Congress.
38Civil War, Reconstruction,New South
- Henry Gradys idea of the New South led to an
expanse of business and industry, rather than
just agriculture in the South. - Robber Barons such as Andrew Carnegie, John D.
Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan
gain great wealth in their monopolies. - Skyscrapers, immigrants, Ellis Island, Statue of
Liberty become big parts of America. - Social Gospel for better health, education and
living conditions (besides spritual salvation)
became the focus of those like Jane Addams.
39Civil War, Reconstruction,New South
- Temperance Movement (Carrie Nation) and Labor
Unions (Samuel Gompers) begin to grow. Also
missionaries for White Mans Burden becomes a
goal for North America. - Industrial Revolution with Thomas Edison,
Alexander Graham Bell, etc. occurs. - Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois become
leaders in the Separate but Equal time. - Latin American trade increases under President
Hayes 1st ideas of a canal through Nicaragua is
proposed. - Native Americans win Little Big Horn but lose
the war and are forced onto reservations. - Mark Twain becomes the writer of the age.
40David Farragut(1801-1870)
- The most famous Hispanic of the Civil War and the
1st to achieve the rank of admiral. - He captured many Confederate ships and secured
New Orleans for the Union during the war.
41Chief Joseph (1840-1904)
- Leader of the Nez Perce Indians, who led 750
people 1400 miles in a flight to Canada from the
U.S. Army. - Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law.
Give them all an even chance to live and grow.
All men wer made by the same Great Spirit Chief.
42Sitting Bull (1831-1890)
- Sioux chief who defeated George Custer at Little
Big Horn in June 1876. - Sitting Bull later joined Buffalo Bill Codys
Wild West Show that toured the world.
43Geronimo (1829- 1909)
- Chief of the Apaches, he was the last leader to
surrender in the Red River War it was one of the
bloodiest Indian conflicts.
44Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)
- President of Tuskegee Institute
- Saw education as key during the Separate But
Equal time - 1st African-American to be invited to a White
House dinner (TR) - 5 Finger Speech
45W.E.B. Dubois
- Founder of the Niagara Movement (later the
NAACP), Dubois disagreed with Booker T.
Washington on how to move against the separate
but equal mandate of the Supreme Court in the
1890s. - Souls of Black Folk was his greatest writing,
and it called for a demand in equality for
African-Americans and to educate the Top 10 of
African-Americans in universities.
46Ida Wells (1880s)
- Born into slavery, she moved to Memphis after
emancipation. She worked as a teacher and
newspaper editor. - This is what opened my eyes to what lynching
really was. An excuse to get rid of Negroes who
were acquiring wealth and property and thus keep
the race terrorized.
47George Washington Carver(1864-1943)
- Great educator and scientist, Carver taught at
Tuskegee Institute and help diversify farming
techniques such as - Crop rotation
- Peanut usage
- Soybean usage
- Sweet potato usage
48Susan B. Anthony(1820-1906)
- Worked for womens rights for 50 years.
- Wrote a weekly paper The Revolution, which
stressed the importance of womens suffrage. - Shes on the silver dollar coin.
49Margaret Sanger (1920s)
- As a nurse, she opened the 1st clinic for women
and the distribution of birth control
information. - She later founded the group that became Planned
Parenthood.
50Populists- Roaring Twenties
- Populists wanted a silver standard, a graduated
income tax, rural postal system, public ownership
of RR, telephone, telegraph, 8 hour workday, 1
single 6-year term for the President, and direct
election of U.S. Senators. - Jane Addams Hull House helped settle new
immigrants from Greece, Germany, Italy, Poland,
and Russia. - Progressives led to Hepburn Act (inter-state
commerce) and Pure Food Drug Act (1906)
51Populists Roaring Twenties
- Baseball and basketball are launched as major
leagues. - Progressives included honest government, economic
regulation, environmental concerns including
building and controlling the Panama Canal (which
was completed in 1914). - National American Woman Suffrage Association,
leading to the 19th amendment in 1920. - The Prohibition movement led to the 18th
amendment, which outlawed alcohol. -
52Populists-Roaring Twenties
- Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vazetti were
immigrants who were admitted anarchists, who were
tried for murder and robbery. Their trials were
seen as being unfair after their convictions. - Flappers represented the wild, urban times
after WWI. The younger generations reaction to
the death and destruction of the War to End All
Wars occurred during this time that 51 of the
U.S. population lived in urban areas (the first
time that had happened). Margaret Sangers birth
control discussions were controversial. - There was a Great Migration of African-Americans
to the cities as the separate but equal life in
the South as tenant farmers sharecroppers had
left many to move to better lifestyles. - The 1920s saw a continuance of Mexican workers
to the U.S. and the start of massive immigration
from Puerto Rico to New York.
53Louis Armstrong
- 1st great African-American trumpet player and
band leader. - Armstrong made personal expression a vital part
of jazz performance. - When I get to the Pearly Gates, Ill play a duet
with Gabriel. Well play Sleepy Time Down
South. He wants to be remembered for his music
just like I do.
54Bessie Smith
- Probably the greatest vocalist of the 1920s
during the Harlem Renaissance, she became the
highest paid African-American performer in 1927. - The Harlem Renaissance was a time of great social
and cultural changes that occurred during the
Roaring Twenties.
55Marcus Garvey (1887-1940)
- Called for a separate society for
African-Americans. He later encouraged people to
move back to Africa. His legacy was one of an
awakened black pride, economic independence, and
reverence for Africa.
56Margaret Sanger (1879-1966)
- Margaret Sanger was an early advocate for womens
rights and coining the term birth control. Her
involvement in socialism and sending information
through the mail led to several arrests.
57Reactions to Margaret Sanger
- Theodore Roosevelt opposed her work because it
would reduce the population. - W.E.B. Dubois supported her work because he
supported the right of motherhood to be a
womens discretion. - Marcus Garvey opposed her because he thought her
ideas were a trick by white society to limit the
population of the black society.
- FDR was not her favorite president, as he did not
include her issue in his public health education
programs. - It was also never an issue that Eleanor Roosevelt
was ever heard discussing in public as First
Lady. - Sanger opened up a public health clinic in Harlem
during the Harlem Renaissance and went to the
Cotton Club and other speakeasies of the day.
58Aimee Semple McPherson(1920s)
- A Los Angles-based preacher who used flowing
Satin robes and a theatrical delivery to preach
her conservative religious views. She later was
one of the 1st ministers to use the radio for her
sermons against evolution.
59Edna St. Vincent Millay
- The quintessential modern, young woman of the
1920s, this flapper lived a bohemian life in
Greenwich Village, NY. - My candle burns at both end it will not last
the night But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends
it gives a lovely light!- First Fig by Millay.
60Georgia OKeefe
- Great painter of the 1920s, she is best known
for her paintings of flowers and the grandeur of
New York City. - I will make even busy New Yorkers take time to
see what I see in flowers.
61Langston Hughes
- A leader of the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes imbued
his poetry with the rhythms of the jazz and blues
music of the age. - Dreams of freedom and equality were themes in his
work.
62Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
- One of the greatest composers of the 20th
century, he also led the band at Harlems Cotton
Club for many years. - Ellington plays the piano, but his real
instrument is his band.
63Amelia Earhart(1897-1937)
- 1st woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean the
1st to receive a pilots license. - She attempted to fly around the world at its
widest point, but lost radio contact around the
Pacific islands. - She inspired girls to consider non-traditional
careers.
64Great Depression- 1960s
- African-Americans suffered more than any other
group during the Great Depression. 40 were still
sharecroppers who were hurt by the initial AAA
plans of the New Deal. - The Indian Reorganization Act restored tribal
ownership of lands, recognized tribal
constitutions, and gave loans to help develop
tribal lands under the CCC plan. - Few programs of the New Deal were designed to
help the Mexican American workers, and many were
replaced by white Americans who had lost their
other jobs. - Housewives learned to make do with what they
had for their families at home, while their
husbands traveled around, looking for work.
65Great Depression 1960s
- FDRs Fireside Chats were weekly radio programs
that encouraged the Americans that the only
thing we have to fear is fear itself. - Truman begins the de-segregation of society by
ordering the military to end its segregated
units. - Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Little Rock
Guardsmen, March on Washington I Have a Dream,
Civil Rights Act, Voting Registration Act were
passed to begin Civil Rights era. - Malcolm X Black Power Movement (Stokely
Carmichael) also starts up. - Cult of feminine domesticity re-emerged after
Rosie the Riveter movement of WWII.
66Great Depression-1960s
- Cesar Chavez starts the United Farm Workers
Organizing Committee to unionize Mexican-American
workders. - Native Americans start AIM (American Indian
Movement) in 1968. In the 1970s, they will begin
to bring lawsuits. - The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan argued
that middle-class society stifled women and did
not let them use their talents. She attacked the
cult of domesticity and formed the National
Organization of Women (NOW). They pushed
(unsuccessfully) for the E.R.A. amendment to be
passed by Congress and the states.
67Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
- Niece of Teddy Roosevelt, Eleanor married
Franklin and thrived in the role of First Lady.
She spoke out on issues such as child welfare,
housing reform, Tuskegee Airmen, and equal rights
for women minorities. - She later served as the U.S. ambassador to the
U.N.
68Dorothea Lange (1895-1965)
- A documentary photographer during the Great
Depression, Langes images showed the sufferings
of the rural poor in our nation. - One should really use the camera as though
tomorrow youd be stricken blind.
69Frances Perkins (1882-1965)
- After witnessing the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
fire in 1911, she pledged to fight for labor
reforms, especially for women. - She later became the 1st woman to serve in the
Cabinet she was the Sec. of Labor for FDR.
70Flannery OConnor (1925-1964)
- Born in Savannah, OConnors stories of the South
dealt with strange, unusual characters and
spiritual thoughts about deep issues. - Most famous work Its Hard to Find a Good Man
71Jackie Robinson
- 1st African- American to play Major League
Baseball. - 1st ever Rookie of the Year winner.
- Born in Cairo, Ga.
- Spoke to Congress for racial equality
72Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)
- Winning lawyer of the Brown v. Bd. Of Education
case. - 1st African-American to serve on the U.S. Supreme
Court. - In recognizing the humanity of our fellow
beings, we pay ourselves the highest
tribute.Thurgood Marshall
73Rosa Parks
- In 1955, Rosa was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama
for not giving up her seat to a white passenger.
Her case led to a bus boycott led by Dr. King,
Jr. - Ms. Parks won the Congressional Gold Medal in
1999- the nations highest civil honor. Bill
Clinton said, Her action that December day was,
in itself, a simple one but it required uncommon
courageRosa Parks short bus trip, and all the
distance she has traveled in the years since,
have brought the American people ever closer to
the promised land we know it can truly be.
74Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Civil Rights Movement of Non-Violence
- Led SCLC
- Won Nobel Peace Prize
- Got LBJ to sign Civil Rights Bill Voting Rights
Act
75Malcolm X
- Led Black protest movement, allowing for violent
responses to prejudice. Later, hes killed by his
former group. - A man who believes in freedom will do anything
under the sun to acquire . . . or preserve his
freedom."
76Rita Moreno (1950-)
- One of the few people to win an Oscar, a Tony, an
Emmy, and a Grammy throughout her long career. - Her most famous role was in the movie version of
the musical Westside Story. - She has been one of the leading entertainers of
the past century.
77Cesar Chavez (1927-1993)
- As a son of a migrant worker in the 1930s,
Chavez attended 37 elementary schools in his
career. - Later, he led boycotts as a union leader to get
better pay and conditions for workers. His
efforts led to a national farm workers union
that used non-violent strikes and boycotts for
improvements for these migrant workers. - I really hadnt thought much about what I was
going to do, but I had to do something.
781970s- Present
- Jimmy Carters presidency found its greatest
success in human rights and world peace
initiatives. - Sandra Day OConnor was appointed by President
Reagan to be the 1st woman to serve on the U.S.
Supreme Court. - Jesse Jackson (Rainbow Coalition) became the
1st serious African-American candidate in 1984. - The Americans with Disabilities Ace was passed in
1990 to bar discrimination based on physical or
mental disabilities. - Women serving in combat units in the military
began.
791970s- Present
- Geraldine Ferraro (1984) Sarah Palin (2008)
become the 1st women ever to run for the
Vice-President. Hillary Clinton becomes the 1st
serious woman candidate for President (2008). - Anti-Immigration laws (Arizona Georgia) are
strengthened to deal with illegal aliens and
our borders. - After 9/11, Homeland Security is created to
protect the U.S. from terrorist attacks. This
includes greater scrutiny of travelers to our
country. - Barack Obama (2008) is the first African-American
to be elected as President.
80Gloria Steinem (1934-)
- Founder of Ms. Magazine, she was a leader of the
feminist movement of the 1970s. (The Ms. title
was used to replace Miss and Mrs.. - 1n 1971, her group, the Womens Political Caucus,
encouraged women to run for political office. - I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how
to combine marriage and a career.
81Phyllis Schlafly
- A leading conservative thinker who led the
resistance against the Equal Rights Amendment.
She moved the debate from political economic
issues to cultural ones that attacked the social
order. - The U.S. Constitution is not the place for
symbols or slogans it would be a tragic mistake
for our nation to succumb to the tirades and
demands of a few women who are seeking a
constitutional cure to their personal problems.
82Red Power (Alcatraz)
- In November, 1969, an 18 month occupation of the
island of Alcatraz was held by Native Americans
they demanded it to be given back and used to
build an Indian university and cultural center.
They were removed in June, 1971. - Later, President Nixon did return 48,000 acres to
the Taos Indians.
83Russell Means (1960-1970s)
- Leader of the American Indian Movement (AIM), he
organized the Trail of Broken Treaties and
delivered to Washington D.C. building for the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). - In 1975, Congress passed the Indian
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act,
which gave tribes greater control over their
people.
84Roberto Clemente(1934-1972)
- 1st Hispanic elected to the Baseball Hall of
Fame. - Played for the Pirates for 18 years, won 12
Golden Gloves in a row, and an MVP award. - He died taking supplies to Panama and was awarded
the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom.
85Henry Aaron
- Broke Babe Ruths Home Run Record
- Withstood racial prejudice while breaking the
record - Silver Bat Award is named for him
86Sarah Day OConnor (1980s)
- President Reagan chose OConnor to be the 1st
lady to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. - The power I exert on the court depends on the
power of my arguments, not on my gender.
87Andrew Young
- Martin L. Kings entourage with Jesse Jackson
John Lewis - U.S. Representative to the United Nations.
- Mayor of Atlanta
88Bill Richardson(1947-)
- 1st Hispanic to hold the postion of U.S.
ambassador to the U.N. Hes also been a
Congressman 1st Hispanic to be governor of New
Mexico. He also ran for President in 2008. -
- He has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
three times in his life.
89Hillary Rodham Clinton
- From serving as First Lady to U.S. Senator to
Presidential candidate, to serving as Sec. of
State for President Obama, she has played a vital
role in American politics since the 1990s.
90Barack Obama
- 1st African-American President
- 4th president to win Nobel Peace Prize
- National Health Care Bill is passed
- Promised Change
91The End