• Confucianism: Leading the Way to a Chinese Civil Service
• Ravi Shankar: Blending Eastern and Western Music
• The Mercator Projection: Leading How We View the World
• Theodore Roosevelt: Leading the Charge to Build the
Panama Canal
• Ulysses S. Grant: Leading the Campaign to Take the
Mississippi River
• George Washington: Leading the US to Independence
• Leading Higher Education in America: Harvard, Yale, and
William & Mary
• Using Television to Promote Religious Ideals: The Legacy of
Billy Graham
• Cato and the Legacy of the Stono Rebellion
• Opha Mae Johnson: Leading the Way for Women in the
Marine Corps
• China’s Terracotta Army: The Legacy of Qin Shi Huang
• General Anna Mae Hayes: Leading the Army Nurse Corps
• Leading the Fight Against Communism: Matthew Ridgway
and the Korean War
• Following the Catholic Church’s Lead: The Crusades
• Isabella, Ferdinand, and the Spanish Reconquista
• Roger Bacon: A Renaissance Man in Medieval Times
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• Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prize
• St. Thomas More: Resisting King Henry VIII
• Tecumseh and the Western Confederacy: Leading the Battle
Against Westward Expansion
• George Whitefield and the Great Awakening: Preaching
Christianity to America’s Slaves
• Robert Wapole and the Legacy of Salutary Neglect
• The Hudson River School: Leading an American School of Art
• Elizabeth Bisland and Nelly Bly: Leading the Way for
Female Journalists by Racing Around the World
• The Southern Christian Leadership Conference: Leading
the Civil Rights Movement
• General Billy Mitchell and the Development of the
American Air Force
• Berry Gordy and Motown: Creating the Sound of America
and a Legacy of Opportunity
• George Crile, Harvey Cushing, and the Ambulance
Americaine: The Legacy of Wartime Medicine
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www.nhd.org/themebook.htm.
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