History Chapter 12 Checkup Section B
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President; helped build Panama Canal; "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
Charles Darwin
British naturalist who rejected the Scriptures and developed the theory of evolution.
Casey Jones
Famous engineer who died trying to slow down crashing his train.
Calvin Coolidge
First President to give his inaugural address over the radio.
Archduke Ferdinand
Heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary; his assassination served as an excuse to start WWI.
Guglielmo Marconi
Invented the wireless telegraph.
Robert Peary
Led expedition that discovered the North Pole.
Mary McLeod Bethune
Noted educator who became the first American black woman to head a federal agency.
Matthew Henson
Peary's black companion on expedition to North Pole.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President during the Great Depression; created jobs using government money.
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Ruler of Germany in 1914; built up Germany's army and navy in an attempt to gain more land and control of the seas.
Woodrow Wilson
U.S. President during WWI; "The world must be made safe for democracy."