1. People

2. Wright brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright –Two Americans who were the first to make an airplane that could fly. –They were the first to create mechanical controls for aircraft wings, which made flight possible.

3. George Washington Carver African American Taught former slaves farming methods Taught people to farm other crops, such as peanuts and sweet potatoes. Invented many products that used peanuts, such as cosmetics, (make-up), dye, paint, plastic, and fuel.

4. Alexander Graham Bell Fascinated with the deaf, and wanted to learn more about hearing. Invented the “electrical speech machine” in 1876. –Now called the telephone

5. Thomas Edison Inventor Worked with electricity He patented 1,093 inventions Some inventions: –Incandescent light bulb, –phonograph (record player), –and the “kinetoscope” (movie player)

6. Woodrow Wilson A president of the United States Under his rule, the United States was isolationist, which means that it believed that countries should not get involved in each other’s problems. Had the idea of the League of Nations, but the United States never joined.

7. Henry Ford Founded the Ford Motor Company Created the modern assembly line that is still used in factories today. Created the first mass produced automobile, the Model T. He was awarded 161 U.S. patents in his lifetime.

8. Charles Lindbergh Pilot Famous for being the first to fly solo, nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean. –Flew from New York to Paris in 1927 in The Spirit of St. Louis. –One of the first celebrities of the modern age

9. Louis Armstrong Nickname: Satchmo Jazz trumpeter and singer Helped make jazz popular. His form of jazz centered on Improvising, which meant making up the song on the spot.

10. Langston Hughes Poet Best-known Harlem Renaissance writers. His poems portrayed African Americans in a proud and hopeful light.

11. Edward “Duke” Ellington Leader of the new sound in jazz called “big band” music. After his death, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his work.

12. Margaret Mitchell Also won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her novel Gone with the Wind –Book was made into the 1939 film of the same name.

13. James “Jesse” Owens African American Olympic runner. He won four gold medals in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany