US History EOC Important People (part 1)

Who was the leader of the Chicano Movement to eliminate racism against Mexican Americans, organized farm workers in California, demanded increased wages and better working conditions, and emphasized non-violent methods such as boycotts, strikes, and hunger fasts?

• Cesar Chavez

• Dolores Huerta

• Rodolfo Gonzales

• Luis Valdez

Who was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person, leading to the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-56) which resulted in integrated buses and thrust her into the national spotlight?

• Rosa Parks

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• Michelle Obama

Who was President from 1932-1945, pulled the country out of the Great Depression with the New Deal, declared war on Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and worked closely with Winston Churchill during WWII?

• President Franklin Roosevelt

• President Herbert Hoover

• President Harry S. Truman

• President John F. Kennedy

Who was a Mexican American physician & surgeon during WWII, a human rights advocate and founder of American G.I. Forum, the first Mexican American to serve on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984?

• Hector Garcia

• Cesar Chavez

• Dolores Huerta

• Luis Valdez

Who was President from 1981-1989, had a policy to reduce taxes & regulations to encourage business activity, believed you achieved peace by being prepared for war, known as “Peace Through Strength”, and whose presidency saw the beginnings of the end of the Cold War?

• President Reagan

• President Carter

• President Bush

• President Clinton

Who was President from 1945-1953, used atomic weapons against Japan to bring WWII to an end, assisted in the founding of the United Nations, and executed policy to contain communism?

• President Eisenhower

• President Truman

• President Roosevelt

• President Kennedy

Who was the commander of the U.S. army in the Pacific during WWII, commander of U.S. forces in the Korean Conflict, had a disagreement with Truman over the use of nuclear weapons in North Korea and China, and whose public criticism of Truman led to his removal?

• General Dwight D. Eisenhower

• General George S. Patton

• General Douglas MacArthur

• General William Westmoreland

Who was named Commander of American Expeditionary Force (AEF) during WWI by Woodrow Wilson, insisted that U.S. soldiers fight as a unit and not be spread throughout French forces, and led forces at Battle of Argonne Forest?

• General John Pershing

• General Douglas MacArthur

• General George Patton

• General Omar Bradley

Who was a conservative activist, founder of Eagle Forum, opposed modern feminism, and campaigned against the Equal Rights Amendment?

• Phyllis Schlafly

• Gloria Steinem

• Betty Friedan

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Who was President from 1913-1921, an advocate for women’s suffrage, President during WWI, proposed Fourteen Points as a basis for post-war peace, and supported U.S. membership in League of Nations; U.S. failed to join?

• President Wilson

• President Roosevelt

• President Taft

• President Harding