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Adams, John, 54 Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), 84
Addams, Jane, 10–11, 67 D-day, 40–41
AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), Declaration of Independence, 43, 54–55, 59, 70,
45, 77, 91 76, 84, 96
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, 85, 92, 93 determination, 8, 16, 19, 24, 33, 51, 56, 58, 62, 74,
Allied forces, 40–41 75, 80, 82–83, 104, 109
American Civil War, 14–15, 35 Discovery, 46
American Red Cross, 14–15, 19 Disney, Walt, 30–31
Anderson, Marian, 84–85 Dix, Dorothea, 32–33
Anthony, Susan B., 12–13 Douglass, Frederick, 34–35
Antietam, Battle of, 14
Articles of Confederation, 94 Edison, Thomas Alva, 36–37
asthma, 88 Einstein, Albert, 38–39
atombic bomb, 38–39 Eisenhower, Dwight D. “Ike,” 40–41, 91
Auschwitz concentration camp, 102 Eisenhower Interstate System, 41
Axis forces, 40 Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, 67, 103
Emancipation Proclamation, 35
Bank of China, Hong Kong, 78
Barton, Clara, 14–15 FDR Memorial, 87
baseball, 13, 28, 82–83 Franklin, Benjamin, 42–43
Bedell, Grace, 62 Franklin Court, 43
Begin, Menachem, 22, 23 Franklin Institute, 43
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial, Franklin Museum, 43
Philadelphia, 43 Franklin Print Shop, 43
Berlin Wall, 81 French and Indian War, 100
Bethune, Mary McLeod, 16–17, 52 Friendship 7, 46
Bethune-Cookman College, 16–17
Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships, 74 Gates, Bill, 8, 44–45
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 44–45 Gates, Melinda, 44–45
Birmingham, Alabama, 58, 84 Gates Plan of 2015, 45
Blackwell, Elizabeth, 18–19 Geneva Medical College, 18
Boycott Grapes campaign, 26 George C. Marshall Foundation, 67
Brandenburg Gate, 81 Gettysburg Address, 62
Brooklyn Dodgers, 82–83 Glenn, John, 46–47
Buchenwald concentration camp, 102 Gorbachev, Mikhail, 80–81
Bush, George H. W., 78 Great Depression, 30, 52, 84, 86

Camp David Accords, 23 Habitat for Humanity, 22
cancer research, 91, 92–93 Harlem Renaissance, 52
Carson, Rachel, 20–21 Harrison, William Henry, 95
Carter, Jimmy, 8, 22–23, 67 Helen Keller National Center (HKNC) for
Carter Center, 23 Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults, 57
Carver, George Washington, 24–25 Hershey, Kitty, 48–49
cerebral palsy, 50 Hershey, Milton, 48–49
Chavez, Cesar, 26–27 Hershey, Pennsylvania, 48
Clark, William, 60–61 Hetch Hetchy Valley, California, 68–69
Clemente, Roberto, 28–29, 85 Hiroshima, Japan, 39
Cold War, 39, 41, 80–81 Hitler, Adolf, 38, 75, 77
Constitution of the United States, 12, 13, 21, Holocaust, 102–103
35, 43, 73, 76, 85, 94, 100, 101 Hoyt, Dick, 50–51
Crazy Horse, 95 Hoyt, Rick, 50–51

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