Unit 11 People ID: Great Depression & WWII (Pre-AP)

Name: ______Date: ______Period: ______Unit 11 People ID: Great Depression & WWII (Pre-AP) For each definition, identify the person being described. Please write the full names with correct capitalization. All names need to be spelled correctly too. Use your Unit 11 Guide, Notes, and Chapters 22 & 23.

1. ______Born in Denison, TX, he commanded all Allied forces in Europe during WW2. He later became the 34th U.S. President.

2. ______Born in Killeen, TX, this person organized the Women’s Army Corp and became America’s first female Colonel, commanding more than 100,000 female troops around 200+ military bases.

3. ______Born in Kingston, TX, he was the most decorated U.S. combat soldier of WW2. He received every military decoration available for bravery and valor in combat. He later became a well-known film star, singer, and poet.

4. ______Born in Fredericksburg, TX, he was the commander of the U.S. Naval forces in the Pacific.

5. ______U.S. President who issued the New Deal and made military equipment available to the Allies before the U.S. was involved in the war through the Lend-Lease Act. Died before the war’s end.

6. ______Born in Uvalde, TX, he was the Vice President during Roosevelt’s first presidential term in the 1930s. He helped push New Deal programs through Congress.

7. ______Governor of Texas who served a second term in the 1930s that was clouded in controversy.

8. ______Born in Bonham, TX, he served as Speaker of the House in Congress for 17 years, under 8 presidents, including Roosevelt.

9. ______Governor of Texas in the 1930s that is best known for “Beautiful Texas”, which became the unofficial state song.

10. ______The first president of the LULAC founded at Corpus Christi in 1929 which worked for Mexican-American rights in the court system, in hiring, and in education.

11. ______Governor of Texas in early 1930s that declared martial law in East Texas and sent the Texas National Guard to enforce an order of limited oil production.

12. ______African American cook and sailor from Waco, TX that fired at Japanese airplanes from the U.S.S. West Virginia during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

13. ______Commander from Dallas, TX that became the “most decorated man” in the U.S. Navy. The plaza where JFK was killed is named after him. 14. ______U.S. President that took office when the stock market crashed. He underestimated the severity of the Great Depression and many people blamed him for how he handled it.

15. ______Wildcatter that drilled an oil well in northern Rusk County in East Texas, which became the largest oil field in the world at the time.

16. ______Governor of Texas in the 1930s who reorganized the Texas Rangers and helped found the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

17. ______African American civil rights activist that helped choose the plaintiff for the historic Supreme Court case of Sweatt vs. Painter (1950).

18. ______African American physician that filed suit to win the right to vote in primary elections due to his 14th and 15th amendment rights being violated.

19. ______African American civil rights activist that led the Houston NAACP in getting “Whites only” signs removed Houston airports.

20. ______African American postman who applied to UT Law School but was rejected because of his race. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the school must admit him.

21. ______U.S. Senator from Texas that later becomes Vice-President and President of the U.S. He arranged for the body of minority soldier Félix Longoria to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.

22. ______Dallas woman that became director of women’s recruitment for the WAVES, a reserve unit of the U.S. Navy during WW2.

23. ______Mexican American physician that led 700 veterans in 1948 to form the American GI Forum of Texas, another organization for equal rights.

24. ______Mexican American Texan that was one of 34 Texans to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service during WW2.

25. ______Dallas woman that became president of an International Ladies Garment Workers Union during WW2.