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FAMOUS AMERICANS

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He was the 16th President, led the U.S through the Civil War, abolished slavery..

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

John Adams

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Abraham Lincoln

2.

He did not invent the first automobile but he did manufacture the first affordable automobile..

a)

Karl Benz

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Rudolf Diesel

3.

Martin Luther King Jr. was best known for...

a)

Leading the African American Civil Rights Movement

b)

' I Have A Dream' Speech

c)

Being a doctor

d)

His books about civil rights

4.

He helped negotiate a peace treaty that included a plan for the League of Nations..

a)

William McKinley

b)

William Taft

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Thomas Paine

5.

Andrew Carnegie...

a)

led the expansion of the American steel industry

b)

invested in oil and iron companies

c)

became a Philanthropist

d)

none of the above

6.

"Underground Railroad"---led more than 300 slaves to freedom..

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Mary Walton

c)

Pocahontas

d)

Jane Adams

7.

_________ and his United Farm Workers union battled grape growers in California by holding nonviolent protests.

a)

Helen Fabela Chavez

b)

Paul Chavez

c)

Cesar Chavez

d)

Elizabeth Chavez

8.

His "Common Sense" influenced the American Revolution

a)

George Washington

b)

John Locke

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Thomas Paine

9.

'Wilmot Proviso"--intended to ban slavery in western lands gained from Mexico

a)

Lewis Cass

b)

Henry Clay

c)

David Wilmot

d)

Nicholas Crist

10.

She was known as the "mother" of social work--made social/economical contributions to the people living poor lives in Chicago

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Ida Tarbell

c)

Florence Kelley

d)

Anne Bell

11.

Women's rights activist--leader for the campaign of the 19th Amendment..

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Lucy Burns

c)

Alice Paul

d)

Lucretia Mott

12.

Known for his anti-monopoly policies--helped end the Russo-Japanese War..

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

William Taft

13.

_______helped bring opportunities for African Americans-- first A.A to play in major leagues of baseball..

a)

Hank Aaron

b)

Babe Ruth

c)

Roberto Clemente

d)

Jackie Robinson

14.

She overcame her disabilities and worked to help others who are deaf and blind..

a)

Patty Duke

b)

Helen Keller

c)

Mother Teresa

d)

Anne Sullivan

15.

Won the Noble Peace Prize for his efforts to strengthen international diplomacy..

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Michelle Obama

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Hillary Clinton

16.

Historian, Sociologist--helped found the NAACP..

a)

W.E.B DuBois

b)

Marcus Garvey

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Fredrick Douglass

17.

Herbert Hoover...

a)

Headed the Food Administration in 1917

b)

was the 31st President

c)

encouraged " Meatless Tuesdays"

d)

was a part of WW2

18.

Philip Randolph..

a)

Pres. of Brotherhood Sleeping Car Ports

b)

famous baseball player

c)

built his own steel machine

d)

Build an all black protest against discrimination

19.

Lyndon B. Johnson..

a)

wanted to end party

b)

helped create Great Society Program

c)

Voting Rights Act

d)

organized the Labor Union

20.

Escaped slavery in Maryland--was an abolitionist

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Eleanor Roosevelt

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Fredrick Douglass

21.

Pocahontas..

a)

helped her father's people settle in Jamestown

b)

had disabilities

c)

helped settlers receive food from American Indians

d)

helped free slaves

22.

John Scope..

a)

was a teacher in Tennessee

b)

violated the Tennessee's Butler Act

c)

famous architect

d)

taught evolution in his class

23.

best known for her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott..

a)

Emmett Till

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Coretta Scott King

24.

American gangster--had a bad reputation during the Prohibition era--crime boss for seven years

a)

Elliot Ness

b)

Lucky Luciano

c)

Al Capone

d)

Mae Capone

25.

Muhammad Ali...

a)

American Boxer and Civil Rights Campaigner

b)

was the 23rd President of the U.S

c)

co-founded Google

d)

refused to fight in the Vietnam War