Transcript US History TEKS #19

(19) Citizenship. The student understands the
importance of effective leadership in a democratic
society. The student is expected to:
(A) describe qualities of effective leadership;
(B) evaluate the contributions of significant political
and social leaders in the United States such as
Andrew Carnegie, Shirley Chisholm, and Franklin
D. Roosevelt; and
(C) identify the contributions of Texans who have
been President of the United States.
What Does It Take to Become
an Effective Leader?
• Leaders believe that the more they put into
something.
• Leaders acknowledge that the size of their goals
are determined only by the depth of their belief.
•
Leaders point the way and provide direction.
• Leaders understand that communication begins
with positive self-talk.
• Leaders know that they must set examples of
honesty.
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• Born: November 25, 1835
• Died: August 11, 1919
• Born to a poor Scottish family that immigrated
to the United States
• Carnegie became a powerful businessman
and a leading force in the American steel
industry.
• he donated much of his fortune to causes like
education and peace.
• In 1968, "Fighting Shirley Chisholm," a former
educator and member of the New York State Assembly,
became the first black woman to be elected to the U.S.
Congress.
• She won this race against the odds of both her race and
sex, and went on to make a name for herself as a fighter
for human rights and dignity during her two terms in
office.
• In 1972, she again made history by seriously
campaigning for the Democratic Party nomination for
President, the first black woman to seek the nation's
highest office.
• Thirty-Second President
1933-1945
• Born: January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York
• Died: April 12, 1945 in Warm Springs, Georgia
• Franklin D. Roosevelt entered public service through
politics, but as a Democrat. He won election to the
New York Senate in 1910. President Wilson
appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and
he was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in
1920.
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Born in Texas in 1890, brought up in Abilene, Kansas,
Eisenhower was the third of seven sons. He excelled in
sports in high school, and received an appointment to West
Point. Stationed in Texas as a second lieutenant, he met
Mamie Geneva Doud, whom he married in 1916.
• Lyndon B. Johnson
• Johnson was born on August 27, 1908, in central Texas, not
far from Johnson City, which his family had helped settle.
He felt the pinch of rural poverty as he grew up, working his
way through Southwest Texas State Teachers College; he
learned compassion for the poverty of others when he
taught students of Mexican descent.
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