Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Social Studies UIL
People
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| diplomat - formulated the Monroe Document- politician- 6th president- son of second president | John Quincy Adams |
| American statesman- politician- writer Founding Father- helped build support of colonies for rebellion against Britain | Samuel Adams |
| 1st astronaunt to walk on the moon with Neil Armstrong | Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. |
| leader of women's suffrage movement | Susan B. Anthony |
| Greek philosopher- student of Plato- teacher of Alexander Great | Aristotle |
| greatest American trumpet/cornet player | Louis Armstrong |
| 1st astronaunt to walk on the moon with Buzz Aldrin- Quote - "Houston, Tranquility Base Here. The Eagle has landed" | Neil Armstrong |
| helped develop American lead industry- father of Stephen F. Austin- 1st to get permission for Anglo American to settle Spanish Texas | Moses Austin |
| "Father of Texas" - Brought 300 Anglo colonists to TX (Old 300)- State capital named for him | Stephen F. Austin |
| Known as "The Singing Cowboy" on radio, movies and tv | Gene Autry |
| German composer and organist during Baroque period | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| nurse during the Civil War- founder of American Red Cross | Clara Barton |
| composer and pianist in transitional period between Classical and Romantic periods | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| famous scientist- inventor- invented the telephone- mother and wife were deaf which influenced him | Alexander Graham Bell |
| former senator from Delaware- focused on foreign relations and criminal justice- Current Vice President of the United States | Joseph Biden |
| important Venezuelan in South America | Simon Bolivar |
| fought for the Texians- died at the Alamo | James Butler Bonham |
| stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater | John Wilkes Booth |
| inventor, surveyor, publisher during TX Revolution - Inventor of condensed milk | Gail Borden, Jr. |
| Bowie knife named for him- led volunteers at the Alamo- became ill, bedridden and died at the Alamo | Jim Bowie |
| 15th US President -only President never married -felt that succession was illegal and going to war to stop it was illegal - sypathized with the South | James Buchanan |
| lawyer and plitician - received empresario grant to settle near Nacogdoches - interim president of Republic of Texas - Friend to Sam Houston | David Burnet |
| tied with Jefferson in 1800 election - became Vice President after vote of House of Representatives - fought Alexander Hamilton in a duel | Aaron Burr |
| 41st president of the US - Cold War ended during his presidency - father of George W. Bush | George H.W. Bush |
| Spanish explorer - shipwrecked near Galveston - traded and explored Texas while searching for Mexico | Alvar Nunez - Cabeza de Vaca |
| Italian navigator (routes in the sea)- claimed coastal area of Canada for England | John Cabot |
| irst vice president to resign his office - resigned to run for Senate - advocate for state's rights | John C. Callhoun |
| founded Carnegie Steel Company | Andrew Carnegie |
| Texan rabbi; served in Galveston Movement to divert Jews fleeing Russia and Europe away from crowded East Coast cities | Henry Cohen |
| former first lady, former Senator of New York, and current Secretary of State | Hillary Rodham Clinton |
| British politician known for his leadership during WWII; Nobel Prize winner | Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
| leader bent on improving conditions for migrant farm workers | Cesar Chavez |
| Spanish novelist, poet - wrote Don Quixote, called "Prince of Wits" | Cervantes |
| empresario or Republic of TX who founded "Little Alsace" on Medina River | Henri Castro |
| scientist who created products made from sweet potatoes and peanuts (peanut butter) | George Washington Carver |
| guide and hunter for John C. Fremont's 1st 3 explorations; fount in Battle of Adobe Walls against Kiowas and Comanches | Christopher Houston Carson |
| TX Secretary of State; sent as commissioner to Washington, DC to intercede for recognition of independence of TX | Sam Carson |
| developed Colt-Walker pistol for use by Texas Rangers; Quote "It would take a Texan to shoot it." | Samuel Colt |
| navigator and explorer; instrumental in Spanish colonization of New World; 2nd European in Americas | Christiopher Columbus |
| Spanish conquistador who searched for fabled Seven Cities of Cibola | Francisco Vasquez de Cornado |
| Spanish conquistador who sailed for Mexico in search of gold | Hernan Cortes |
| Tennessee Frontiersman, fought and died at the Alamo; known as "King of the Wild Frontier" | David Crockett |
| Portuguese explorer; commander of 1st ships to sail directly from Europe to India | Vasco da Gama |
| inventor, artist, "Renaissance Man", painted Mona Lisa | Leonardo da Vinci |
| Spanish explorer who discovered Mississippi River | Hernando de Soto |
| 1st Vice President of the Republic of Texas, governor of Mexico; exiled in US | Lorenzo de Zavala |
| invented steel plow | John Deere |
| writer known for books depicting life in rural TX during days of open range | Frank Dobie |
| American inventor who made 1st light bulb and phonograph | Thomas Edison |
| German physicist known for his theory of relativity | Albert Einstein |
| 5 Star general; 34th president; Commander of the Allied forces in WWII | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Created by:
mlindley
Popular History sets