Unit 1 test people

Question 1

(1857 – 1938) An American lawyer. He is best known for defending John Scopes, who was on trial for teaching the theory of evolution in a Tennessee school.

Answer 1

Clarence Darrow

Question 2

(1874-1964) The 31st president of the United States. The Great Depression began during his presidency.

Answer 2

Herbert Hoover

Question 3

(1889 – 1979) _______ was the head of the nation’s best known black labor union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping-Car Porters. He was widely respected by white political leaders, particularly liberals.

Answer 3

A. Phillip Randolph

Question 4

(1902 – 1967) An African American writer, best known for his poetry and his writing during the Harlem Renaissance.

Answer 4

Langston Hughes

Question 5

(1879 – 1966) An American women’s rights activist. She is best remembered for founding the American Birth Control League, an organization that fought for the right of women to obtain birth control.

Answer 5

Margaret Sanger

Question 6

(1898 – 1976) An actor, singer, and supporter of civil rights who turned to Communism in his fight against racial inequality in America.

Answer 6

Paul Robeson

Question 7

(1884 – 1962) The wife of President Franklin Roosevelt. She was involved in helping to carry out some of her husband’s policies and in civil rights activities. She was appointed to the United Nations General Assembly by President Truman in 1945 and worked on human rights issues there.

Answer 7

Eleanor Roosevelt

Question 8

(1891 – 1979) A Roman Catholic priest who used the radio to reach large groups of listeners during the 1920s and 1930s. His talks were about politics and the economy rather than religion. He was sometimes called the “father of Hate Radio” because he spoke against Jews.

Answer 8

Father Charles Coughlin

Question 9

(1882 – 1945) The 32nd president of the United States. He was the only president elected to four terms. He led the country out of the Great Depression with a number of social programs called the New Deal. He led the United States through most of World War II.

Answer 9

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Question 10

(1893 – 1935) United States senator and governor of Louisiana. He had strong populist ideas and had plans to “share the wealth” through taxes and laws against large salaries. He was known for his complete control over the government of Louisiana.

Answer 10

Huey Long

Question 11

(1875 – 1955) An African American teacher and civil rights leader. She started a school for African Americans in Florida that eventually became an excellent university. She was an adviser to President Franklin Roosevelt.

Answer 11

Mary McLeod Bethune

Question 12

(1889 – 1945) German leader during World War II. He led the Nazi Party and ruled Germany as a dictator from 1933 until his death at the end of World War II. He was responsible for the murder of up to 17 million civilians, or people who aren’t in the armed forces, including 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust.

Answer 12

Adolf Hitler

Question 13

(1880 – 1964) An American military leader who was important in World War II in the Pacific. After the war, he was in charge of Japan until the peace treaty was signed. He led United Nations forces in Korea and was fired by President Truman for disagreeing with Truman’s Korean policy.

Answer 13

Douglas MacArthur

Question 14

(1890 – 1969) The 34th president of the United States. He is best known for his military leadership in World War II throughout the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Germany. During his presidency, the Korean War ended, the Cold War with the Soviet Union continued, and the Interstate Highway System was started.

Answer 14

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 15

(1901 – 1989) The emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989.

Answer 15

Emperor Hirohito

Question 16

(1884 – 1972) The 33rd president of the United States. He took over when President Franklin Roosevelt died just a few months after beginning his fourth term. Truman ordered the use of the atomic bomb at the end of World War II and led the country through the first years of the Cold War.

Answer 16

Harry Truman

Question 17

(1869 – 1940) British prime minister best known for his foreign policy of giving in to Germany and allowing the German army to take part of Czechoslovakia. This was an unsuccessful attempt to avoid war with Germany.

Answer 17

Neville Chamberlain

Question 18

A symbol for all of the women who worked in factories during World War II. In many cases, these women were doing jobs formerly held by men who left the jobs to go to war.

Answer 18

Rosie the Riveter

Question 19

(1874 – 1965) British politician best known for his leadership of Great Britain throughout World War II.

Answer 19

Winston Churchill