Review

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Chapter 20

• Review

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Born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in
1918. Valedictorian of his high school class.
Organizer for the Ku Klux Klan at one time in
early life. Served in the house of delegates and
then in the state senate. Elected to two terms in
the U.S. House of Representatives before becoming
U.S. senator in 1959.

• Robert Byrd

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Born May 1, 1864, in Webster in Taylor County.
Taught school for seven years. Employed as editor
for Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Campaigned to have day set aside to honor
mothers. Mothers Day eventually resulted from
those efforts. 

• Anna Jarvis

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Born in Morgantown in 1924. Auditioned as
comedian for early radio shows but was turned
down. Joined U.S. Army during World War II and
served as an entertainer. Got part in Broadway
play, No Time for Sergeants. Became regular on
Garry Moore and Steve Allen television shows.
Best known for the role of Barney Fife on The
Andy Griffith Show.

• Don Knotts

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One of Americas greatest artists. Born in
Berkeley County in 1866. Studied at the
Raupp-Royal Academy in Munich, Germany. Painted
portraits, landscapes, and animal compositions.
Loved to paint cowboys, Indians, and frontier
scenes. Called the last of the great painters of
the American West.

• William Robinson Leigh

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Born in 1968 in Fairmont. As promising gymnast,
moved to Houston, Texas, to train with Bela
Karolyi. Gained fame in 1984 Summer Olympics
Games in Los Angeles by winning four medals,
including the gold in the all-round competition.

• Mary Lou Retton

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Born in Kanawha County in 1938. Was star of East
Bank High School basketball team that won state
championship in 1956. Played for West Virginia
University, U.S. Olympic basketball team, and Los
Angeles Lakers. In 2002, became executive vice
president of basketball operations of the Memphis
Grizzlies.

• Jerry West

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Born in 1923 in Lincoln County. Received pilots
wings in 1943 and was successful combat pilot in
Second World War. Eventually rose to rank of
Brigadier General. Chosen to pilot first research
rocket aircraft and became first man to fly more
than twice the speed of sound.

• Chuck Yeager

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Born a slave in 1812 in Charles Town. Lived in
Pennsylvania. Edited The North Star, an
abolitionist newspaper, with Frederick Douglass.
Wrote first publication in support of
Afro-American nationalism.

• Martin R. Delany

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Name some West Virginians who have received
national recognition for their writing.

• Pearl Buck
• Denise Giardina
• Jayne Ann Phillips
• Charles Yeager

• Ken Heckler
• Homer Hickam
• Mary Lee Settle
• Cynthia Rylant
• Jean Latham

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Name some West Virginians who have received
national recognition in the field of music.

• Phyllis Curtin
• Eleanor Steuber
• Kathy Mattea
• Charlie McCoy
• Red Sovine

• Little Jimmy Dickens
• Billy Edd Wheeler
• Squire Parsons

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Name some West Virginians who have received
national recognition as actors.

• Don Knotts
• Soupy Sales
• Joyce DeWitt
• Peter Marshall

• Joanne Dru
• Conchatta Ferrell
• Jennifer Garner
• David Selby

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Name some West Virginians who have received
national recognition in sports.

• Jerry West
• Hal Greer
• Hot Rod Hundley
• Rod Thorn
• Lew Burdette

• Gene Freeze
• Clinton Thomas
• John Kruk
• Don Robinson
• Carl Lee

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Name some West Virginians who have received
national recognition in sports

• Randy Moss
• Chad Pennington
• Curt Warner
• Charles Cowan, Jr.
• Chuck Howley

• Sam Huff
• Dennis Harrah
• Tom Pridemore
• Jim Braxton
• Buzz Nutter

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Name some West Virginians who have received
national recognition in sports

• Gino Marchetti
• Mary Lou Retton
• Ed Etzel

• Randy Barnes
• John McKay
• Jim Harrick

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Name some West Virginian who have received
national recognition in art.

• William Robinson Leigh
• Francis Benjamin Johnston
• Cubert Smith
• Arnout Hyde

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Name some West Virginians who have received
national recognition in the business world.

• Buck Harless
• Leon Sullivan
• Alex Schoenbaum

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Name some West Virginians who have received
national recognition as a leader in the U.S.
Senate.

• Jennings Randolph
• Robert Byrd

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opened a drive-in that became the national
Shoneys, and Big Boys chain of restaurants.

• Alex Shoenbaum

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was a U.S. senator who was instrumental in
securing the vote for 18 year olds.

• Jennings Randolph

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. In 2001, he was promoted to a four-star
general, making him the second highest ranking
officer in the U.S. Air Force. He has received
many awards, including the Defense Distinguished
Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal,
Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, and
Air Force Commendation Medal.

• General Robert H. Foglesong

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Born in Piedmont in Mineral county, has taught at
Yale University, Cornell University, and Harvard
University. While at Yale, he discovered the
first novel by an African American published in
theUnited States.At Harvard, Gates was chairman
of the Afro-American Studies Department.

• Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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was born in Coalwood, in McDowell County.  In
high school, he and several friends built model
rockets.He attended college at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) and
received a degree in industrial engineering. He
joined the army and served in the war in
Vietnam.He realized his dream when he joined NASA
in 1981.

• Homer Hickam, Jr.

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was actively involved in music while a student at
Nitro High School.She attended college at West
Virginia University but left school to go
toNashville.In 1989 and 1990, she was named
country musics Female Vocalist of the Year. 
One of her biggest hits was Eighteen Wheels and
a Dozen Roses.

• Kathy Mattea

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was greatly influenced by visits she and her
mother made to the elderly. She came up with the
idea to honor the nations grandparents. West
Virginia Governor Arch Moore implemented a
special Grandparents Day in the state in 1973. In
1978, President Jimmy Carter signed the bill
designating the second Sunday after Labor Day as
NationalGrandparents Day.

• Marian McQuade

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was born along Cabin Creek, in Kanawha
County. His great uncle was Bill Blizzard, a
legendary organizer of the mine wars of the
1920s. He worked underground in the mines and
was elected to the local unions mine, safety
and, political action committees.  In 1977, he
was elected vice president of District 17 In
1982, he was elected vice president of the UMWA,
and became the organizations president in 1995.

• Cecil Roberts

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was born in Charleston, and grew up in Cedar
Grove. She served in the Womens Auxiliary Air
Force (WAAF) during World War II. She began her
literary career while living in England. She was
a successful journalist and served as a writer
and editor for Harpers Bazaar. One of her
novels, O Beulah Land, describes the social,
political, and economic background of the early
settlers struggle to civilize West Virginia
after the American Revolution.

• Mary Lee Settle

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was born in Charleston. He became a minister and
spent most of his career at the Zion Baptist
Church, inPhiladelphia.  While in Philadelphia,
he led a boycott against businesses that refused
to hire blacks. He started OICs (Opportunities
Industrialization Centers) to train blacks to do
certain jobs, became the first African American
member of the board of directors at General
Motors Company. He developed a code of conduct
for businesses operating in South Africa. This
code of conduct was introduced in the United
Nations in 1999. The goal of the principles was
to improve human rights, social justice, and
economic fairness.

• Leon Sullivan

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was born in Clarksburg. He served as deputy
secretary of defense under President Lyndon
Johnson. He was a deputy United States negotiator
during the Vietnam War. He served as secretary of
state under President Jimmy Carter. He was
involved in the Camp David Accord that led to
peace between Egypt, and Israel.

• Cyrus Vance

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was born at Myra in Lincoln County. He served in
the Air Force during World War II. He became the
first man to fly faster than the speed of
sound.In 1953, he became the first man to fly
more than twice the speed of sound.His career is
highlighted in a book and movie entitled The
Right Stuff.

• Charles Yeager

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Born in Hillsboro in 1892, the daughter of
Presbyterian missionaries. Lived in China for
many years. Author of East Wind West Wind and
The Good Earth. Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932.

• Pearl Buck