Continental Army soldier who was captured and executed by the British in 1776; famously said, 'I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.'
First Secretary of the Treasury; killed by Aaron Burr in a duel in 1804
President of the Second Continental Congress; known for his large and stylish signature on the Declaration of Independence
President from 1921 to 1923; presidency was tainted by the Teapot Dome Scandal
Led U.S. forces against American Indians at the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe; 9th president of the U.S.
Lost the popular vote in the 1876 presidential election, but won the electoral college vote; oversaw the end of Reconstruction
Publisher who built America's largest newspaper chain; he was famous for 'yellow journalism,' and he inspired the film Citizen Kane.
Governor of Virginia from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786; best remembered for his 'Give me liberty, or give me death!' speech
Old West gunfighter and gambler killed during a poker game in 1876 whose last hand--two black aces and two black 8s--became known as the 'Dead Man's Hand'
Accused by Whittaker Chambers in 1948 of being a Communist and Soviet spy; convicted on two counts of perjury on the strength of 'the pumpkin papers'
General president of the Teamsters from 1958 to 1971; mysteriously disappeared in July 1975
Supreme Court justice from 1902 to 1932, where he earned the nickname 'The Great Dissenter'
Quaker president who served from 1929 to 1933; known as 'The Great Humanitarian' for his work keeping the Allied powers fed during WWI
Instrumental figure in the founding of the FBI; director of the FBI from 1935 to 1972
First and third president of Texas; only person to become governor of two different states (Texas and Tennessee)
Awarded the first U.S. patent for a sewing machine in 1846; served as a private in the Union Army during the Civil War
Lost to Woodrow Wilson in the 1916 presidential election; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1930 to 1941
Lead author of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Vice President under Lyndon Johnson
Author associated with the Harlem Renaissance; wrote the 1937 novel 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'
Puritan who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637; helped establish the settlement of Portsmouth in what would become Rhode Island
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Quiz Updated Jan 9, 2018
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