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  1. Nov 17, 2014 · A new, special issue of Smithsonian magazine attempts the impossible: to list out the most significant people in United States history.

    • Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln has been educated and was from a poor family. He abolished slavery, helped preserve the Union, headed the United States throughout the American war, reinforced the federal government, and modernized the economy.
    • George Washington. Washington became the first president of the USA. Even Washington was labeled ‘father’. Observers commended physical power and his horsemanship.
    • Franklin D. Roosevelt. He stated, “The only thing we must fear is fear itself,” and he then demonstrated it.
    • Thomas Jefferson. The writer of the most important words in American history: “All men are created equal”
  2. People who changed the United States. A list of over 50 people who changed America and helped to influence the United States. 18th Century. Thomas Jefferson

  3. A list of famous and influential people from the United States of America. Pilgrims or the Pilgrim Fathers (17th Century) A group of early settlers who left England and founded a colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts, around 1620.

  4. List of the most famous Americans in history, with famous, important and notable Americans hand-picked by our team of editors and ranked by popularity.

  5. Jun 4, 2015 · That changed with the Great Migration, a mass relocation of 6 million African Americans from the Jim Crow South to the North and West, starting in 1915. This leaderless revolution, a response to...

  6. American history is filled with influential people, from military leaders and presidents to visionaries and writers, activists and entrepreneurs. But it’s one thing to deem a given historical figure influential.

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