Who am I???

Who am I???

Who am I?

• I helped my troops get through a long Winter in Valley Forge.

• I was the leader of the rebel army during the American Revolution

• I eventually became the first president of the United States.

George Washington

Who am I?

• I am a woman that was a teacher and a journalist

• I am a muckraker• I am most famous for my writings targeting

the Standard Oil Company

Ida Tarbell

Who am I?

• I was a strong advocate for labor unions.• I was the founder of the American Federation

of Labor (AFL)

Samuel Gompers

Who am I?

• I was president of the United States during WWI.

• I drafted the 14 points, a proposal for peace after WWI

• I pushed for the United States to join the League of Nations but was denied

Woodrow Wilson

Who am I?

• I lived in Chicago• I was the first American Woman to receive the

Nobel Peace Prize.• I was famous for starting Hull House, a place

where the middle class and rich lived in poorer areas and helped the less fortunate.

Jane Addams

Who am I?

• I was a leading musician during the Harlem Renaissance

• I played the trumpet• My nickname was Satchmo

Louis Armstrong

Who am I?

• I became president after FDR died in office.• I desegregated the military• I was the president that made the decision to

drop the atomic bombs on Japan to end WWII.

Harry Truman

Who am I?

• I became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated

• I was less harsh on the South during Reconstruction than the Radical Republicans

• I was impeached in office, and was one vote short of being kicked out!

Andrew Johnson

Who am I?

• I was a prominent Civil Rights leader• I organized a march on Washington before

MLK, but did not have to carry it out because FDR prevented discrimination in the defense industry

A. Phillip Randolph

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (or SNCC, pronounced "snick")

SNCC played a major role in the sit-ins, freedom rides, and a leading role in the 1963 March on Washington.

In the later 1960s, SNCC focused on "black power", and then protesting against the Vietnam War.

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) SCLC was closely associated with its first

president, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Originally, SCLC was composed of

affiliated churches and some community organizations.

SCLC and Dr. King were sometimes criticized for lack of militancy

SNCC’s Tactics A sit-in or sit-down is a form of

direct action that involves one or more persons nonviolently occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change. A sit-in is a form of nonviolent

protest. Civil Rights activists called

Freedom Riders rode in interstate buses into the segregated southern United States

National Organization for Women The National Organization

for Women (NOW) is the largest American feminist organization.

NOW promotes the idea that women entitled to equal rights and opportunities.

NOW was started by Betty Friedan. The writer of The Feminine

Mystique.

Cesar Chavez César Chávez was a

Mexican American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist who founded the United Farm Workers.

His work led to numerous improvements for union laborers.

His work focused on unskilled migrant laborers.

He used non-violent protests like Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rachel Carson Rachel Carson was an American

marine biologist and nature writer whose writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.

Her book, Silent Spring, helped start the environmental movement by exposing the hazards of pesticides.

Her work also lead to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A government organization that

works to protect the environment.

Earth Day

Earth Day is held on April 22 internationally.

These are intended to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the Earth's environment.

Barry Goldwater Goldwater is the politician

most often credited for sparking the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s.

Richard M. Nixon

Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States (1969–1974) and the only president to ever resign the office.

His election is seen as a conservative response to the more liberal direction of Lyndon B. Johnson.

A. Which of the following policies would MOST LIKELY be favored by a conservative?A. More government social programs to deal with

economic disparityB. Wealth redistributionC. Fewer welfare programs and less government

regulationD. Higher taxes

Make your own Who am I booklet Need at least two clues for each person Back page should be the answers You may use any person we have talked about in this

class, but you need at least two people from Post WWII era.