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."