101 History Facts 61-75

Question 1

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer 1

Instituted New Deal to help US get out of the depression and took US into WWII

Question 2

Sanford Dole

Answer 2

Reform leader who wanted US to annex Hawaii

Question 3

Francis Willard

Answer 3

Founder of the World’s Women’s Christian Temperance Movement and supporter of women’s rights

Question 4

Hitler

Answer 4

Leader of Nazi Germany during WWII. Fascist who wanted superior race

Question 5

Mussolini

Answer 5

Fascist leader of Italy during WWII who teamed up with Hitler to create Axis Powers

Question 6

Stalin

Answer 6

Communist leader of Soviet Union during WWII and the Cold War

Question 7

General MacArthur

Answer 7

Commanded troops in the Philippines during WWII and commanded UN troops during the Korean War

Question 8

Admiral Nimitz

Answer 8

Commander in Chief of Pacific forces during WWII

Question 9

Code Talkers

Answer 9

Native Americans who used native language to send coded messages to Allied troops

Question 10

Harry Truman

Answer 10

President after FDR. Final decision maker in dropping he atomic bomb in Japan and enacted Truman Doctrine

Question 11

Herbert Hoover

Answer 11

President who was blamed for not doing anything to get us out of the Depression

Question 12

Joseph McCarthy

Answer 12

Senator from Wisconsin who accused government officials of being communists

Question 13

Fidel Castro

Answer 13

Chan communist and revolutionary and leader of Cuba until 2008

Question 14

John F. Kennedy

Answer 14

First Catholic president of the U.S.. Involved in the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile crisis

Question 15

Martin Luther King, Jr

Answer 15

Leader of the CRM. Known for promoting nonviolent protest