AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS

Requirement 4 of the American Cultures badge reads:

4. Tell about a contribution made to our country by three different people each from a different racial, ethnic, or religious background.

Listed below are some of the heroes, inventors, and leaders who helped to make America great. This is just a brief list to help you get started. Each Scout's list will be different.

Black Americans who made great contributions to the USA:
Recent: Dr. Alan Keyes (Politics) Dr. Walter Williams (Government and Public Policy) Dr. Voddie Baucham (Theology) Justice Clarence Thomas (Law)	Past: Booker T. Washington (Education) George Washington Carver (Inventor / Scientist) Crispus Attucks (First person killed in the Boston Massacre)
Irish Americans who made great contributions to the USA:
Recent:	Past: Father Francis Duffy (military) Patrick Maguire (first of Columbus' crew to set foot on American soil) Audie Murphy (politics) William Donovan (intelligence) James Hoban (White House architect) Will Rogers (the Arts) Henry Ford (industry)
Mexican Americans who made great contributions to the USA:
Recent:	Past:
Jewish Americans who made great contributions to the USA:
Recent: Mark Spitz (sports) Stephen Spielberg (the Arts)	Past: Albert Einstein (science) Edward Salomon (military) Levi Strauss (inventor / business) Irving Berlin (the Arts)
Christian Americans who made great contributions to the USA:
Recent: Dr. James Dobson Lt. Colonel Oliver North (Military / Politics)	Past: General Robert E. Lee (Military) George Washington (Military / Politics) Alvin York (Military) Senator Joe McCarthy (Politics)
Catholic Americans who made great contributions to the USA:
Recent: Pat Buchanan Randall Terry	Past: John Wayne (the Arts)
American Indians who made great contributions to the USA:
Recent:	Past: Chief Joseph (diplomacy)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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