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U.S. History EOC People quiz

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I founded Hull house in Chicago, who am I?

a)

Abigale Addams

b)

Sandra O'Connor

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Jacky Addams

2.

I fought for the right of women to vote, Who am I?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Sarrah B. Anthony

c)

Sandra O'Connor

d)

Jane Addams

3.

In WWII During an assault on a German stronghold, I personally destroyed a machine gun position, two bunkers, and multiple telephone lines, while under heavy fire. For I was awarded a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, and the Distinguished Service Cross, and the Medal of Honor. Who am I?

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

Trent Reznor

c)

Travis Barker

d)

Vernon Baker

4.

I was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for my heroic actions in the Vietnam War. Who am I?

a)

Roy Benavidez

b)

Roy Orbison

c)

Rickson Gracie

d)

Andrew Carnegie

5.

I ran for president 3 times. In 1925, I volunteered to prosecute biology teacher John Scopes for teaching evolution in a Tennessee public high school. Who am I?

a)

Lloyd Bridges

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

William Jennings Bryan

d)

Ken Jennings

6.

I believed it was the duty of the wealthy to spread their surplus wealth to improve the conditions of the poor who were willing to work to help themselves. I sold a steel mill to J.P. Morgan for $480 million dollars. Who am I?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

William Jennings Bryan

c)

Henry Ford

d)

John Pershing

7.

I was the first lady of the United States. I served as Secretary of State under President Barack Obama. Who am I?

a)

Hillary Brooke

b)

Hillary Scott

c)

Hillary Duff

d)

Hillary Clinton

8.

I am an aviator and founder of the U.S. Aircraft industry. My planes were used in WWI and WWII. Who am I?

a)

Glenn Curtis

b)

John Glenn

c)

Anthony Fokker

d)

William Durant

9.

 I represented John Scopes, in the famed “Scopes Monkey Trial,” charged with teaching evolution in his high school biology class in Tennessee. Who am I?

a)

Clarence Darrow

b)

Clarence Thomas

c)

William Wilberforce

d)

John Pershing

10.

I was named President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Hawaii after Queen Liliuokalani was overthrown. I worked to have Hawaii annexed by the United States. Who am I?

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Sandford Dole

d)

Bob Dole

11.

I was a civil rights activist who disagreed with Booker T. Washington. I was the first African American to earn a doctorate degree from Harvard. Who am I?

a)

Clarence Thomas

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

William Wilberforce

12.

I ordered the Arkansas National Guard to stop nine young African Americans from integrating Little Rock Central High School. I was the longest serving Democrat Governor of Arkansa. Who am I?

a)

Oval Wright

b)

Orval Faubus

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Trent Reznor

13.

I was an American industrialist, the developer of the assembly line technique of mass production, and the founder of a Motor Company. Who am I?

a)

William C. Durant

b)

Karl Benz

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Henry Ford

14.

I believed the only way African Americans were going to achieve equality was to return to Africa and build a great nation of their own. Who am I?

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Marcus Luttrell

c)

Marcus Aurelius

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

15.

Bill Gates, is an American business magnate, investor, programmer, inventor, and philanthropist. became interested in computers at an early age. Gates is the former chief executive and current chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company. Which picture is of me?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

I am a businessman and five-term United States Senator from Arizona (1953–65, 1969–87) and the Republican Party's nominee for president in the 1964 election.

a)

Barry Goldwater

b)

Bob Dole

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

John McCain

17.

I served as spiritual adviser to several United States Presidents. Most presidents since Eisenhower have called upon me during times of crisis because of my reliance on prayer and discussion as avenues that need to be considered when trying to reach peaceful resolutions to problems. Who am I?

a)

Billy Joel

b)

Billy Graham

c)

William Wilberforce

d)

Trent Reznor

18.

I am a labor leader and civil rights activist who, along with César Chávez, co-founded the National Farmworkers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). Who am I?

a)

Simona Bolivar

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Helen Keller

d)

Dolores Huerta

19.

I am the first Black Billionaire and founder of Black Entertainment Television. Who am I?

a)

Lyndon Johnson

b)

Robert Johnson

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Clarence Thomas

20.

I built a global cosmetic company through dedication and hard work. I was noted for saying, “Beauty is an attitude. There’s no secret... There are no ugly women— only women who don’t care or who don’t believe they are attractive”.

a)

Mary Kay Ash

b)

Eugene Schueller

c)

Christina Dior

d)

Estee Lauder

21.

I was was the first pilot to complete a nonstop, solo trans-Atlantic flight. Who am I?

a)

Wilbur Wright

b)

Orville Wright

c)

Manfred Von Richthofen

d)

Charles Lindbergh

22.

I supported expansion for the United States as a way to establish the country as a world power. Who am I?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Henry Cabot Lodge

c)

Calvin Hobbes

d)

Andrew Carnegie

23.

I challenged the civil rights act of 1964 by not desegregating my cafeteria. As democrat governor of Georgia, I refused to lower the flags to half staff after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Who am I?

a)

Lester Maddox

b)

Chester Nimitz

c)

Alfred T Mahan

d)

Orval Faubus

24.

My ideas shaped the United State's naval strategies. I argued for building a large navy and many naval bases. Who am I?

a)

Alfred Thayer Mahan

b)

Chester Nimitz

c)

John Pershing

d)

Douglas MacArthur

25.

I was the first African American Justice on the Supreme Court. Who am I?

a)

Clarence Thomas

b)

Sonia Sotomayor

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

26.

I was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States. Who am I?

a)

Sonia Sotomayor

b)

Helen Keller

c)

Sally Ride

d)

Sandra D. O'Connor

27.

I was the longest serving first lady of the United States. Who am I?

a)

Nacy Reagan

b)

Hillary Clinton

c)

Eleanor Roosevelt

d)

Edith Wilson

28.

I wrote "The Jungle" which exposed America's meat packing plant conditions.

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

John Pershing

d)

Mark Twain

29.

I am the author of "Think and Grow Rich: a Latino Choice." Who am I?

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

Orval Faubus

c)

Ritchie Valens

d)

Lionel Sosa

30.

I am the first Hispanic Justice of the supreme court of the United States. Who am I?

a)

Sandra Day O'Connor

b)

Selena Quintanilla Pérez

c)

Sonia Sotomayor

d)

Helen Keller

31.

As a Democrat Governor of Alabama I proclaimed "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever!” I ran for president 4 times. Who am I?

a)

Orval Faubus

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

George Wallace

d)

William Wilberforce

32.

I created Walmart. Who am I?

a)

William Wallace

b)

Sam Houston

c)

Sam Walton

d)

Willard Scott

33.

I was born to slave parents and I sued a railroad who forced me from my seat. Who am I?

a)

Hariot Tubman

b)

Ida Wells-Barnett

c)

Helen Keller

d)

Sonia Sotomayor

34.

I was the founder and president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. I was also a Suffragette. Who am I?

a)

Frances Willard

b)

Frances Scott

c)

Ida Wells

d)

Helen Keller

35.

I had the highest rated TV show of its kind from 1986 until 2011. Who am I?

a)

Tyra Banks

b)

Wendy Williams

c)

Oprah Winfrey

d)

Whoopi Goldberg

36.

I was one of the most decorated soldiers of WWI. Who am I?

a)

Alvin York

b)

Christopher Brian Bridges

c)

John Pershing

d)

Alvin "Chip" Monk