Hero or Villain?

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Hero or Villain?

• Faces from American History

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VILLAIN

• Benedict Arnold
• American general who betrayed information to the
  British during the Revolutionary War
• Did it for money

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HERO

• Geronimo, of the Apache tribe
• Defended his peoples land against unfair U.S.
  Army takeovers
• The Apaches, after many years, lost the struggle
  but Geronimo is remembered as a great leader

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HERO

• Audie Murphy
• The most decorated soldier in World War II
• Got 27 medals for his brave actions in combat,
  including holding off a platoon of Germans
  completely by himself

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VILLAIN

• John Wilkes Booth
• Shot President Lincoln in the back of the head
• Booth believed that the South should win the
  Civil War and hoped to hurt the North by killing
  the president

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HERO

• Harriet Tubman
• Escaped to freedom in the North, but risked her
  freedom and her life to go back into the South
  and guide slaves on the Underground Railroad

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HERO

• Branch Rickey
• Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s
  signed Jackie Robinson to play, the first
  African-American hired to play in Major League
  Baseball

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VILLAIN

• Warren Harding
• 29th president of the US (1921- 1923)
• Put many of his friends in important positions,
  and then did not pay attention as they stole and
  cheated the government

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Christopher Columbus

• What do you know about Christopher Columbus?
  Discuss who he was, what he did, how he is
  honored and whether or not he is a hero or a
  villain.