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Benjamin Franklin
Experiments with a kite and discovers that lightning is an electrical discharge. -
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson's Declaration of Independence is approved by Congress. It is immediately published and circulated throughout the colonies and in Europe. -
Frederick Douglass
He proceeds to help the Anti-Slavery movement by joining the "North Star" anti-slavery newspaper. -
Dorothea Dix
She opens up a hospital for the mentally ill patients -
Mary McLeod Bethune
She was an American educator and civil rights leader best known for starting a private school for African-American students -
Franklin D Roosevelt
The country was in the midst of the Great Depression. People were looking for some new ideas, leadership, and hope. They elected Franklin Roosevelt hoping he had the answers. When Roosevelt entered office as president the first thing he did was to sign a number of new bills in an effort to fight the Great Depression
