15-30 History Test - Names

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Progressive politician who rose from New York State Senate to presidency; led the nation through the Great Depression with the New Deal and through WWII.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Wife of Franklin Roosevelt, effective public speaker who kept his political career alive; later a major figure in human rights advocacy.

Huey Long

Governor of Louisiana, champion of the poor; criticized Roosevelt for not being progressive enough with his 'Share Our Wealth' plan.

Francis Townsend

Proposed a federal pension plan for citizens over 60, influencing the Social Security Act.

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union; responsible for millions of deaths through oppressive policies; shocked the world with the Nazi-Soviet Pact.

Benito Mussolini

Fascist leader of Italy; improved the Italian economy and allied with Hitler to form the Axis Powers.

Adolf Hitler

Nazi leader of Germany; initiated WWII by invading Poland, implemented the Holocaust ('Final Solution').

Winston Churchill

British Prime Minister during WWII; famous for his leadership and defiant speeches like 'We will never surrender!'

Joseph Goebbels

Nazi Minister of Propaganda; orchestrated Kristallnacht and maintained public morale through propaganda.

Henry Ford

Industrialist whose factories produced aircraft and other military equipment critical to the U.S. war effort.

Henry Kaiser

Shipbuilder known for rapid mass production of Liberty ships, cutting construction time dramatically.

Lenin

Predecessor to Stalin, led the Bolsheviks and established the Soviet Union.

Congress

Passed the first peacetime draft in 1940 and declared war after the attack on Pearl Harbor.