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Historical Figures and Influential People in History
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Theodore Roosevelt
1858–1919Industrial Age
He became president at forty-two after an assassination, hunted big game, built the Panama Canal, and won a Nobel Peace Prize — all within seven years.
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Thomas Jefferson
1743–1826Early Modern Era
He wrote that all men are created equal, owned more than six hundred enslaved people, and spent his life writing about liberty — a contradiction the country has never fully resolved.
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