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1. This American was a Democrat senator from North Carolina who is best known for being chairman of the Senate Select Committee to Investigate Campaign Practices.
2. This Dutch settler sailed to the North American continent, and was appointed Director General of the Dutch West India Company's colony on Manhattan.
3. This U.S. Native American wrote extensively on cultural, educational, religious, and historical issues relating to Native Americans, and was the Executive Director of the National Congress of American Indians.
4. This American was sent to the Soviet Union and Britain then President Franklin Roosevelt, to manage U.S. aid efforts during WWII to those allies, and later served as ambassador to both Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
5. This American author was born Chloe Anthony Wofford in 1931, and made a splash in the literary world with the 1977 publication of "Song of Solomon".
6. This American served in the military during WWI as a nurse. After the war she was a social worker, who later defied her family by learning to fly.
7. This American musician, more than any to come before him, was largely responsible for initiating free improvisation into jazz. He was also a composer and bandleader.
8. This American capitalized on the power of advertising, invested heavily in the Columbia Broadcasting System back when it was an ailing radio network, and later became its president.
9. This American author/poet is known mostly for his work regarding the retelling of an Old English story from the "monster's" point of view.
10. This American went on to serve as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, but started out as the youngest member (27 years old) of the U.S. Constitutional Convention. He was later indicted for high treason - but never prosecuted.
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