Statistics for 100 Most Influential Figures in U.S. History

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  • The average score is 42 of 102

Answer Stats

RankKnown ForAnswer% Correct
1EmancipationAbraham Lincoln
98%
2American RevolutionGeorge Washington
97%
8Having a DreamMartin Luther King
95%
4Depression & WWIIFranklin D. Roosevelt
94%
98TuskegeeBooker T. Washington
93%
15Bull Moose PartyTheodore Roosevelt
89%
42First LadyEleanor Roosevelt
88%
3Declaration of Indep.Thomas Jefferson
88%
9LightbulbsThomas Edison
87%
14Model THenry Ford
83%
26Mickey MouseWalt Disney
82%
54MicrosoftBill Gates
80%
99WatergateRichard Nixon
80%
23FlightOrville Wright
78%
23FlightWilbur Wright
78%
76ArchitectureFrank Lloyd Wright
77%
556th PresidentJohn Quincy Adams
77%
17Cold War EnderRonald Reagan
77%
21WWII PresidentHarry S. Truman
76%
25Founding FatherJohn Adams
76%
64Hull HouseJane Addams
75%
28WWII & PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
74%
16Huckleberry FinnMark Twain
73%
32RelativityAlbert Einstein
72%
24TelephoneAlexander Graham Bell
72%
12Union GeneralUlysses S. Grant
67%
66Rock & RollElvis Presley
66%
18Trail of TearsAndrew Jackson
65%
6DiplomacyBenjamin Franklin
65%
75Home RunsBabe Ruth
60%
11Standard OilJohn D. Rockefeller
60%
57US Civil WarRobert E. Lee
58%
52MormonismJoseph Smith
56%
5Treasury DeptAlexander Hamilton
55%
13Bill of RightsJames Madison
55%
10Fourteen PointsWoodrow Wilson
54%
44Civil Rights/VietnamLyndon B. Johnson
49%
70ExplorerMeriwether Lewis
48%
70ExplorerWilliam Clark
48%
35Baseball IntegrationJackie Robinson
47%
79TrumpetLouis Armstrong
47%
27Cotton GinEli Whitney
46%
84Supreme CourtThurgood Marshall
45%
63Rebuilding EuropeGeorge Marshall
44%
7Judicial ReviewJohn Marshall
44%
92Grapes of WrathJohn Steinbeck
44%
71DictionariesNoah Webster
44%
19Common SenseThomas Paine
44%
85A Farewell to ArmsErnest Hemingway
41%
45Telegraph CodeSamuel F.B. Morse
41%
48Atomic BombRobert Oppenheimer
39%
72Wal-MartSam Walton
39%
38Women's SuffrageSusan B. Anthony
38%
41Uncle Tom's CabinHarriet Beecher Stowe
37%
100Moby DickHerman Melville
37%
78Harper's FerryJohn Brown
37%
67CircusP.T. Barnum
37%
74MormonismBrigham Young
36%
47Abolitionist/SlaveFrederick Douglass
36%
20PhilanthropyAndrew Carnegie
32%
34Polio VaccineJonas Salk
32%
68DNAJames D. Watson
26%
87Baby AdviceBenjamin Spock
24%
50Mexican WarJames K. Polk
24%
22American PoetryWalt Whitman
23%
80Yellow JournalismWilliam Randolph Hearst
22%
37Wall St. BankerJ. P. Morgan
18%
96Green PartyRalph Nader
18%
65Civil DisobedienceHenry David Thoreau
17%
40Pragmatic PhilosophyJohn Dewey
17%
95MGMSamuel Goldwyn
17%
82Opinion PollsGeorge Gallup
16%
39Silent SpringRachel Carson
16%
94KodakGeorge Eastman
15%
51Birth ControlMargaret Sanger
15%
93Slave UprisingNat Turner
15%
83MohicansJames Fenimore Cooper
14%
60Southern NovelsWilliam Faulkner
14%
31Political CompromiseHenry Clay
12%
62PragmatismWilliam James
12%
30FeminismElizabeth Cady Stanton
11%
36Cross of GoldWilliam Jennings Bryan
11%
77FeminismBetty Friedan
10%
29Culture WarsEarl Warren
10%
33Individualist PoetryRalph Waldo Emerson
10%
81AnthropologyMargaret Mead
9%
86Christian ScienceMary Baker Eddy
9%
97O SusannaStephen Foster
8%
43Civil Rights AuthorW.E.B. Du Bois
8%
88PhysicsEnrico Fermi
7%
49Central ParkFrederick Law Olmstead
7%
58Southern PoliticsJohn C. Calhoun
7%
90Fiery SermonsJonathan Edwards
7%
46"The Liberator"William Lloyd Garrison
7%
73ReaperCyrus McCormick
6%
56Education ReformHorace Mann
6%
91AbolitionistLyman Beecher
6%
53Supreme CourtOliver Wendell Holmes
6%
61UnionsSamuel Gompers
5%
59SkyscrapersLouis Sullivan
4%
69NewspapersJames Gordon Bennett
3%
89OpinionsWalter Lippmann
3%

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