EOC Important People Review

He wrote The Jungle, a book that exposed the horrors of the meatpacking industry and led to progressing changes?

George Washington successfully crushed the Whiskey Rebellion during his administration

Which enlightenment thinker influenced Thomas Jefferson's writing of the Declaration of Independence?

Who helped compose and produce music with Tin Pan Alley in New York?

King Philip or Metacom led a bloody conflict between the Americans Indians tribal groups and English settlers.

Which president was responsible for pushing Iraq forces out of Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.

Gerald Ford was the only president to serve without being elected as president or vice president.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the Seneca Falls Convention and called for women's suffrage.

Andrew Carnegie dominated the steel industry in the U.S. before selling his company to J.P. Morgan for $480 million.

Which president created the Great Society programs as an effort to reduce poverty in America?

John D. Rockefeller created Standard Oil Company, a trust that dominated the oil industry in America.

What socialist was arrested after making a series of speeches that opposed WWI and encouraged men not to fight.

Who called for a tax cut plan that also reduced government regulation.

Robert (Bobby) Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. were both assassinated in 1968.

Jimmy (James) Carter successfully established peace between Egypt and Israel with the Camp David Accords.

French Enlightenment thinker Montesquieu influenced the separation of powers and checks and balances in our Constitution

"Stonewall" _________ was Lee's right-hand man who was killed during the Civil War.

He was non-violence & influenced the civil rights movement with his Letter from Birmingham Jail & I Have a Dream speech

He integrated baseball by becoming the first black male to play for the Major Leagues, who was he?

Theodore Roosevelt was the president who started the conservation movement & issued a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

The Sons and Daughters of Liberty supported the Patriot cause during the American Revolution.

Who won the election of 2008 as the first African American president

Ida Tarbell was a muckracker who wrote The History of Standard Oil.

The nation experienced economic growth under this president and he was later impeached

Which senator created a second Red Scare which began a communist "witch hunt" in America during the Cold War?

Nathaniel Bacon led former indentured servants in a revolt against Jamestown.

Who established diplomatic relations with China during the Cold War but resigned due to the Watergate Scandal?

A Philip Randolph proposed a march on Washington to protest discrimination but called it off after Executive Order 8802

President John F. Kennedy's death resulted in the passage of the Civil Rights Act.

Gerald Ford angered Americans when he pardoned Nixon

Who served as president after Lincoln was assassinated, implemented a lenient Reconstruction policy, and was impeached?

Cesar Chavez formed the United Farm Workers and helped improve the lives of many Hispanic Americans

Musician Louis Armstrong helped popularize jazz during the 1920s.

Benjamin Franklin and John Adams used diplomacy to secure a French alliance during the American Revolution.

William T. Sherman led the infamous March to the Sea.

Jefferson Davis was NOT the President of the Confederate States of America.

Jimmy (James) Carter was able to successfully end the Iran Hostage Crisis during his term

Which president assisted in the civil rights movement by integrating the U.S. military?

Huey Long was a critic of Franklin Roosevelt and called for a "Share Our Wealth" program.

Name the poet that wrote about African American experiences during the Harlem Renaissance.

Rachel Carson helped revive the environmental movement with her book, Silent Spring.

She opened the Hull House as a way to help the immigrant poor of Chicago, what is her name?

Who founded Providence in the new Rhode Island colony after being banished from Massachusetts?

Which president created the Fourteen Points as a peace plan after WWI?

 Henry Ford used the assembly line to mass produce cars.

Who wrote Common Sense and encouraged the colonists to break from Great Britain?

Nat Turner led an unsuccessful slave rebellion that resulted in harsher laws and punishments for slaves.

Powhatan was the Native American Indian Chief who came into conflict with the English settlers as Jamestown expanded.

She defied tradition by vocally advocating her husband's New Deal & supporting women's rights & human rights.

George W. Bush handled the crisis of the 9/11 attacks by engaging in a war against terrorism