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Down: 1) elected President of the Second Continental Congress; the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence; served as the first Governor of Massachusetts and died while serving his ninth term; known for his patriotism and dedication to the American cause for independence2) elected to the US Senate from Ohio in 1914; elected as the 29th President of the US but died before completing his term3) as a young man, his family fled the Mexican Revolution; attended the University of Texas and earned his medical degree; served in the Medical Corps during WW2; founded the American GI forum; awarded the American Medal of Freedom in 19847) leading civil rights activist; organizing movements that would help provide more rights for immigrant workers; cofounded the Untied Farm Workers of America in 1962 with Cesar Chavez; directed the national grape industry agreeing to collective bargaining rights of workers; chaired the Democratic national convention in 1972 Across: 4) born in Jamaica, he became the first African American to speak openly and publicly about African nationalism; he believed the only way African Americans were going to achieve equality was to return to Africa and build a great nation of their own5) born in NY; considered one of the Founding Fathers; sent to Paris with John Adams and Ben Franklin to negotiate the peace treaty with England after the war; first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; Governor of NY for two terms6) writer and activist who was instrumental in creating the National Organization for Women; given credit for the modern women's movement; a key leader in the struggle for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment; lobbied the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to support laws that prohibited sex discrimination in the workplace8) served as a US Senator from Arizona from 1953-1965 and 1969-1987; was the Republican candidate for President in 1964 who was defeated by Lyndon B. Johnson in one of the biggest landslides in US history9) born in 1955, became interested in computers at an early age; created Microsoft; instrumental in philanthropic work, providing funding for many charities10) a leading religious revivalist as well as a spiritual and moral advisor to many US Presidents
 

 

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