Important Figures

Question 1

Susan B. Anthony, 1820-1906

Answer 1

Quaker
Founded NWSA in 1896
Headed NAWSA in 1890
Arrested for trying to vote in 1872

Question 2

Carrie Chapman Catt, 1859-1947

Answer 2

Headed NAWSA from 1900
Campaigned for changes to the franchise in state elections
Encouraged women to support the war effort in WWI
Successful in getting Congressional support for the 19th Amendment

Question 3

Cesar Chavez, 1927-1993

Answer 3

Organised a Latino civil rights group
Founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1972 (became United Farmworkers in 1972)
Salad Bowl Strike

Question 4

John Collier, 1884-1968

Answer 4

Studied NA history and ulture
Helped found the AIDA
Appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Indian Reorganisation Act, 1934

Question 5

Wallace Fard Muhammad, 1893-1934

Answer 5

Began preaching mission in Detroit in 1930
Nation of Islam
8,000 followers at the time of his disappearance
Continued by Elijah Muhammed

Question 6

Orval Faubus, 1910-1994

Answer 6

Prominent proponent of desegregation
Gov. of Arkansas in 1954 - 1966
Little Rock

Question 7

Henry Ford, 1863-1947

Answer 7

Anti-union
Intimidation
Took until 1941 to recognise a union
United Auto Workers Union

Question 8

Jesse Jackson, 1941-

Answer 8

Associated with MLK
Rainbow coalition
Presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988

Question 9

Richard Oakes, 1942-1972

Answer 9

Mohawk
AIM
Alcatraz siege
Died in a shooting incident