American Political Leaders

Question 1

• VP under JQA & Andrew Jackson
• leading southern politician of 19th century
• from South Carolina
• championed slavery

Answer 1

John C Calhoun

Question 2

• WHIG political leader
• represented Kentucky
• Great Pacifier

Answer 2

Henry Clay

Question 3

First democrat elected President

Answer 3

Andrew Jackson

Question 4

• American clergyman
• “Sinners In The Hands of An Angry God”
• led the Great Awakening

Answer 4

Jonathan Edwards

Question 5

First American political party

Answer 5

Federalist Party

Question 6

Advocate of women’s suffrage

Answer 6

Susan B Anthiny

Question 7

Founded the Red Cross

Answer 7

Clara Barton

Question 8

First female Secretary of State

Answer 8

Madeline Albright

Question 9

First Jew to serve on Supreme Court

Answer 9

Louis Brandeis

Question 10

Longest serving Supreme Court justice

Answer 10

William O Douglas

Question 11

• founder of birth control movement
• headed planned parenthood

Answer 11

Margaret Sanger

Question 12

First woman to serve on the Supreme Court

Answer 12

Sandra Day O’Connor

Question 13

• first woman to serve in Congress
• from Montana

Answer 13

Jeanette Rankin