Statistics for 40 People in American History that Everyone Should Know

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Answer Stats

HintAnswer% Correct
First PresidentGeorge Washington
100%
Ended Slavery with the Emancipation ProclamationAbraham Lincoln
95%
She resisted bus segregationRosa Parks
93%
Author of the Declaration of IndependenceThomas Jefferson
92%
First Man on the MoonNeil Armstrong
91%
The King of Rock and RollElvis Presley
88%
Started the Civil Rights MovementMartin Luther King Jr.
88%
Trumpeter from New Orleans who was a major influence on JazzLouis Armstrong
87%
Led the United States through most of World War IIFranklin D. Roosevelt
86%
Founder of MicrosoftBill Gates
85%
Father of the Theory of RelativityAlbert Einstein
83%
Created the first AirplaneOrville Wright
81%
Wilbur Wright
81%
Probably the most famous American Architect in HistoryFrank Lloyd Wright
80%
Created many of the country's most famous animated filmsWalt Disney
80%
Inventor of the TelephoneAlexander Graham Bell
77%
Blond Actress famous for films such as "Some Like it Hot"Marilyn Monroe
77%
Wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"Mark Twain
75%
Founded the Assembly LineHenry Ford
74%
General-in-Chief of the Confederate ArmyRobert E. Lee
69%
First Secretary of the TreasuryAlexander Hamilton
68%
Went on a expedition to find a route from the Mississippi to the PacificMeriwether Lewis
68%
William Clark
68%
Advisor of the Second PresidentAbigail Adams
60%
"Father of the Atomic Bomb"Robert Oppenheimer
57%
First Postmaster GeneralBenjamin Franklin
53%
Author of "The Old Man and the Sea"Ernest Hemingway
52%
Inventor of the Cotton GinEli Whitney
50%
Famously Died at the Battle of Little Big HornGeneral Custer
49%
Built a motor based on AC currentNikola Tesla
48%
Fought for Women's Rights to VoteSusan B. Anthony
46%
Abolitionist who escaped from slavery and was nominated for Vice PresidentFrederick Douglass
45%
Founder of Salt Lake CityBringham Young
44%
Inventor of the TelegraphSamuel Morse
36%
Resisted the U.S Takeover of Sioux LandsSitting Bull
35%
Started the Mexican-American WarJames Polk
32%
Created one of the first Polio VaccinesJonas Salk
31%
Negotiated the purchase of AlaskaWilliam Seward
22%
Laid the Foundations for U.S Constitutional LawJohn Marshall
16%
Founder of Christian ScienceMary Baker Eddy
10%

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