First Question
The following are the names that Hanover students have supplied on being asked to name the first ten people who come to mind for American history through the Civil War. The list is organized with the most often cited names first. Eighteen classes (composed mostly of first-year students) have taken this survey since Fall 2004, for a total of 219 students. This year, 14 students took the survey. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of students (out of this year's 14 and out of the total 219) who include that name on their list.
Ten students listed Theodore Roosevelt, who doesn't fit the time limits.
Six students listed Martin Luther King, Jr., who doesn't fit the time limit.
Six students (1 of 14) listed Henry Ford, who doesn't fit the time limits.
Five students (1 of 14) listed
John F. Kennedy, who doesn't fit the time limits.
Second Question
The following are the names that Hanover students have supplied on being asked the follow-up question, "What are the first ten names that come to mind, if you exclude presidents, generals, statesmen, or other figures in official public life?" The list is organized with the most often cited names first. Eighteen classes (composed mostly of first-year students) have taken this survey since Fall 2004, for a total of 219 students. This year, 14 students took the survey. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of students (out of this year's 14 and out of the total 219) who include that name on their list.
Tubman, Harriet (0 of 14; 40 of 219)
Booth, John Wilkes (1 of 14; 19 of 219)
Columbus, Christopher (1 of 14; 18 of 219)
Lewis & Clark (2 of 14; 17 of 219)
Sacagewea (1 of 14; 14 of 219)
Smith, John (0 of 14; 14 of 219)
Douglass, Frederick (0 of 14; 11 of 219)
Revere, Paul (0 of 14; 10 of 219)
Ross, Betsy (0 of 14; 10 of 219)
Franklin, Benjamin (1 of 14; 9 of 219)
Adams, Abigail (0 of 14; 8 of 219)
Pocahontas (0 of 14; 8 of 219)
Washington, Martha (0 of 14; 8 of 219)
Paine, Thomas (0 of 14; 7 of 219)
Four of 219 students included the following:
Barton, Clara
Clark, George Rogers
Dickinson, Emily
Lincoln, Mary Todd
Squanto
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Three of 219 students included the following:
Bell, Alexander Graham (1 of 14)
Crockett, Davy
Scott, Dred
Two of 219 students included the following:
Attucks, Crispus
Boone, Daniel
James, Jesse
Lewis, Meriwether (see also Lewis & Clark)
Pitcher, Molly
Powhatan
Tecumseh
Truth, Sojourner
Twain, Mark
One of 219 students included the following:
Alcott, Louisa May
Anthony, Susan B.
Arnold, Benedict
Bowie, Jim
Brown, John
Champlain, Samuel de
Cornwallis, Charles
Dare, Virginia
Edmonds, Sarah
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Hamilton, Eliza Schuyler
Hatfield, Anderson
Hawthorne, Nathanial
Hemmings, Sally
Kenton, Simon
Key, Francis Scott
Madison, Dolly
McCoy, Randall
Northup, Solomon
Osceola
Penn, William
Poe, Edgar Allen
Sitting Bull
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Stewart (no first name)
Thoreau, Henry David
Underground railroad woman
Vanderbilt family
Velaquez, Loretta
Wade, Jenny
Wheatley, Phillis
Whitney, Eli
Seven students (1 of 14) listed Thomas Edison (who does not fit the
time limits).
Four students listed Henry Ford (who does not fit the time limits).
Three students listed Martin Luther King, Jr. (who does not fit
the time limits).
Three students (1 of 14) listed Babe Ruth (who does not fit the time limits).
Three students (1 of 14) listed
Booker T. Washington (who does not fit the time limits).
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