Quiz Me! - People: Great Depression Test your knowledge about people in the Great Depression era. 1 / 11 This memoir was titled after the name of the plane where Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first nonstop, solo transatlantic flight from the United States to Paris, France. The memoir and plane were called the - Lucky Lindy Cross of Gold Spirit of St. Louis Lone Eagle 2 / 11 The writings and speeches of this early civil rights advocate influenced both Malcom X and Martin Luther King Jr who believed he modeled pride and dignity in the African American community. John Lewis W.E.B. DuBois Frederick Douglass Marcus Garvey 3 / 11 Clarence Darrow was both a lawyer and civil rights advocate. He became notable because of his defense of a public school teacher accused of violating the Butler Act. Darrow’s arguments are considered a landmark defense of the Fifth Amendment First Amendment Sixth Amendment Eighth Amendment 4 / 11 This notable person is known as the “Founder of the American Aircraft Industry.” Wilbur Wright Charles Lindbergh Glenn Curtiss Orville Wright 5 / 11 This former U.S. President campaigned on a return to normalcy after World War I. Calvin Coolidge Grover Cleveland Warren Harding William Howard Taft 6 / 11 Which of the following 1st Amendment rights were involved in the Gitlow decision? The Free Speech and Free Press rights The Establishment and Free Exercise Religious rights The Free Speech and Assembly rights The Petition and Assembly rights 7 / 11 Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Flying Cross in the United States, this aviator was also later awarded a German Medal of Honor in 1938 which was criticized by many Nazi critics in America. Alfred Thayer Mahan Glenn Curtiss Orville Wright Charles A. Lindbergh 8 / 11 The person whose company built the largest fleet of airplanes used during World War I and manufactured a seaplane that was the first to be able to take off and land on the deck of a ship was also known as the “Father of Naval Aviation.” Philip Bazaar Alfred Thayer Mahan Alvin York Glenn Curtiss 9 / 11 The 29th US President was a conservative who wanted to decrease the role of government in the economy but also increase tariffs on imported goods in order to protect American business. He died halfway through his first term in office before a major scandal broke that has since tarnished his presidency. That scandal was known as - Watergate Credit Mobilier Scandal XYZ Affair Teapot Dome Scandal 10 / 11 The work of Alice Paul and other women suffragists resulted in the passage in 1920 of the - Eighteenth Amendment Civil Rights Act NIneteenth Amendment Twentieth Amendment 11 / 11 This lawyer famously told a Tennessee court, “If today you can take a thing like evolution and make it a crime to teach it in the public school, tomorrow you can make it a crime to teach it in the private schools...At the next session you may ban books and the newspapers…” William Jennings Bryan Stephen A. Douglas W.E.B. DuBois Clarence Darrow Your score is Try another 10!