2013 Greatest American Championship Brackets- Regents Review Activity
Government
Officials Bracket
1.FDR
Citizens and Activists
Bracket
1. Eleanor Roosevelt
Business and Science
Bracket
Pop Culture Bracket
1. Henry Ford
1. Walt Disney
16. Dwight D.
Eisenhower
8. Ronald Reagan
9. John Marshall
16. Malcolm X
16. The Wright
16. Elvis Pressley
4. Harry Truman
4. Daniel Shays
13. Lyndon B.
Johnson
13. Charles Schenck
5. Thomas Jefferson
12. Andrew Jackson
3. George Washington
5. Rosa Parks
12. Betty Friednan
3. Harriet Tubman
14. James Monroe
6. Teddy Roosevelt
14. Rachel Carson
6. Fred Korematsu
11. Earl Warren
11. Alice Paul
7. Alexander Hamilton
10. Woodrow Wilson
7. Upton Sinclair
10. Susan B.
Anthony
2. Martin Luther
King Jr.
2. Abraham Lincoln
15. Barack Obama
Brothers
8. Ida Tarbell
9. Thomas Nast
15. The Little Rock 9
8. Robert Fulton
9. Alexander
Graham Bell
4. John D.
Rockefeller
13. George
Washington Carver
5. Andrew Carnegie
12. John Scopes
3.Einstein/Oppenheimer
8. Al Capone
9. The Flappers
14. Ben Franklin
6. Booker T.
Washington
11. Samuel
Gompers
7. Thomas Edison
10. Eli Whitney
14. Jacob Riis
6. Billie Holiday
2. Bill Gates
2. John F. Kennedy
Jr.
15. Dr. Seuss
15. Steve Jobs
4. Oprah Winfrey
13. Dorothea Lange
5. Michael Jackson
12. Muhammed Ali
3. Jackie Robinson
11. Joseph Pulitzer
7. Langston Hughes
10. Babe Ruth
Welcome to the 2013 Greatest American Championship Tournament. This review activity is designed to
prepare you for the US History and Government Regents Exam by persuading your fellow classmates
that you have the answer to which Americans have had the most profound impact on the United States
in regards to its ultimate goal of creating a “more perfect union.” Rankings of the individual candidates
are based on 2012 results. For example, FDR, Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry Ford and Walt Disney won their
respective brackets last year, therefore, they earned the #1 seed for this year’s tournament.
You will need to complete the following steps.
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Research, persuade and vote as to which Americans should get the 15 and 16 seeds. (“Bubble”
nominees are on the following page.)
Create a biography on one of the Americans in the tournament that discusses their
contributions towards helping America reach the goals as stated in the Preamble of the “US
Constitution”
Create a persuasive visual presentation with no more than 20 words (The name of the candidate
counts in those 20 words)
Using the Secret ballot vote in each round of the tournament. (The official tournament board is
located in room 261)
Bring enthusiasm, a curious mind and overall social studies coolness to all aspects of the activity.
Candidates for the 15 and 16 seeds. (* indicates making the tournament in previous years)
Government Officials
*Richard Nixon
Charles Sumner
Henry Cabot Lodge
John Adams
Citizens and Activists
*Lewis Hine
*The Little Rock Nine
Helen Hunt Jackson
*Chief Joseph
Pop Culture
*Dr. Seuss
Andy Warhol
*John Steinbeck
*Norman Rockwell
Margaret Sanger
Ida Wells Barnett
*Frederick Douglass
Business and Scientists
Amelia Earhart
Steve Jobs
*JP Morgan
Workers of the Triangle
Shirtwaist Factory
*Samuel Morse
*The Wright Brothers
Elizabeth Blackwell
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joseph McCarthy
*William Jennings
Bryan
*Barack Obama
James Polk
George W. Bush
John Adams
William McKinley
Sacco and Vanzetti
*Malcolm X
*The Grangers
*Cesar Chavez
Dorothea Dix
Clara Barton
*Gloria Steinham
Nikola Tesla
* Ben Carson
Neil Armstrong
*Charles Lindberg
Edward Hopper
Louis Armstrong
Marilyn Monroe
Tommy Hilfiger
Horatio Alger
Elvis Pressley
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