Who was a renowned American peace activist and leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s?
a) Martin Luther King Jr.
b) Malcolm X
c) Rosa Parks
d) Angela Davis
Answer: a) Martin Luther King Jr.
Which American peace activist advocated for nonviolent resistance and founded the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom?
a) Helen Keller
b) Jane Addams
c) Susan B. Anthony
d) Gloria Steinem
Answer: b) Jane Addams
This American peace activist and labor leader co-founded the United Farm Workers union and fought for the rights of agricultural workers.
a) Dolores Huerta
b) Cesar Chavez
c) Rigoberta Menchú
d) Emma Gonzalez
Answer: a) Dolores Huerta
Who gained fame as an American peace activist during the Vietnam War and co-founded the Vietnam Veterans Against the War?
a) Muhammad Ali
b) John Lennon
c) Abbie Hoffman
d) Howard Zinn
Answer: c) Abbie Hoffman
This American author and peace activist wrote the influential book “The Feminine Mystique” and co-founded the National Organization for Women (NOW).
a) Gloria Allred
b) Betty Friedan
c) Margaret Sanger
d) Coretta Scott King
Answer: b) Betty Friedan
Who was a Native American peace activist known for her advocacy of indigenous rights and environmental conservation?
a) Wilma Mankiller
b) Winona LaDuke
c) Chief Joseph
d) Tecumseh
Answer: b) Winona LaDuke
Which American peace activist and suffragist co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and campaigned for women’s voting rights?
a) Sojourner Truth
b) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c) Ida B. Wells
d) Dorothy Day
Answer: b) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
This American peace activist was an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and co-founded the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP).
a) Harvey Milk
b) Larry Kramer
c) Marsha P. Johnson
d) Audre Lorde
Answer: b) Larry Kramer
Who was an American peace activist known for her work in promoting birth control and reproductive rights?
a) Susan Sarandon
b) Margaret Mead
c) Betty White
d) Margaret Sanger
Answer: d) Margaret Sanger
This American peace activist was an influential journalist and co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
a) W. E. B. Du Bois
b) Booker T. Washington
c) Frederick Douglass
d) Ida B. Wells
Answer: d) Ida B. Wells
Who was an American Quaker peace activist known for her efforts to assist escaped slaves through the Underground Railroad?
a) Harriet Beecher Stowe
b) Harriet Tubman
c) Susan B. Anthony
d) Lucretia Mott
Answer: b) Harriet Tubman
This American peace activist and politician became the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
a) Shirley Chisholm
b) Barbara Jordan
c) Fannie Lou Hamer
d) Condoleezza Rice
Answer: a) Shirley Chisholm
Who was an American peace activist and Nobel laureate known for her efforts in promoting democracy and human rights?
a) Eleanor Roosevelt
b) Aung San Suu Kyi
c) Malala Yousafzai
d) Wangari Maathai
Answer: b) Aung San Suu Kyi
This American peace activist co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and advocated for civil rights.
a) James Baldwin
b) Jesse Jackson
c) Andrew Young
d) Ralph Abernathy
Answer: d) Ralph Abernathy
Who was an American peace activist and labor organizer known for her involvement in the Lawrence textile strike of 1912?
a) Lucy Parsons
b) Emma Goldman
c) Mother Jones
d) A. Philip Randolph
Answer: c) Mother Jones
This American peace activist was a labor leader and co-founder of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
a) Joe Hill
b) Eugene V. Debs
c) Jimmy Hoffa
d) Samuel Gompers
Answer: a) Joe Hill
Who was an American peace activist and advocate for the rights of the disabled, best known for her role in the “504 Sit-In” protest?
a) Helen Keller
b) Judy Heumann
c) Temple Grandin
d) Harriet McBryde Johnson
Answer: b) Judy Heumann
This American peace activist and singer-songwriter wrote the famous anti-war song “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”
a) Bob Dylan
b) Pete Seeger
c) Woody Guthrie
d) Joan Baez
Answer: b) Pete Seeger
Who was an American peace activist and Nobel laureate known for his advocacy of civil rights and opposition to the Vietnam War?
a) John F. Kennedy
b) Robert F. Kennedy
c) Martin Luther King Jr.
d) William Sloane Coffin
Answer: b) Robert F. Kennedy
This American peace activist and author wrote the influential book “Silent Spring,” raising awareness about environmental issues.
a) Rachel Carson
b) Al Gore
c) Jane Goodall
d) David Suzuki
Answer: a) Rachel Carson
Who was an American peace activist and advocate for indigenous rights, known for her activism during the occupation of Alcatraz?
a) Leonard Peltier
b) Russell Means
c) John Trudell
d) LaDonna Harris
Answer: d) LaDonna Harris
This American peace activist and journalist documented the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War and fought against fascism.
a) George Orwell
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) Martha Gellhorn
d) John Dos Passos
Answer: c) Martha Gellhorn
Who was an American peace activist and labor leader who founded the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)?
a) Eugene V. Debs
b) John L. Lewis
c) Samuel Gompers
d) Terence V. Powderly
Answer: b) John L. Lewis
This American peace activist and nun dedicated her life to fighting for social justice and the poor.
a) Mother Teresa
b) Dorothy Day
c) Helen Prejean
d) Teresa Forcades
Answer: b) Dorothy Day
Who was an American peace activist and philosopher known for his advocacy of nonviolent civil disobedience?
a) Ralph Waldo Emerson
b) Henry David Thoreau
c) Walt Whitman
d) Edgar Allan Poe
Answer: b) Henry David Thoreau
This American peace activist and author co-founded the Women Strike for Peace organization during the Cold War.
a) Grace Paley
b) Betty Friedan
c) Audre Lorde
d) Angela Davis
Answer: a) Grace Paley
Who was an American peace activist and economist, known for her advocacy of progressive taxation and social justice?
a) Milton Friedman
b) Ayn Rand
c) Emma Lazarus
d) Grace Lee Boggs
Answer: d) Grace Lee Boggs
This American peace activist and suffragist was the first woman to run for U.S. President on a major party ticket.
a) Victoria Woodhull
b) Frances Willard
c) Susan B. Anthony
d) Alice Paul
Answer: a) Victoria Woodhull
Who was an American peace activist and musician known for his anti-war songs, such as “Blowin’ in the Wind”?
a) Johnny Cash
b) Bob Dylan
c) Bruce Springsteen
d) Neil Young
Answer: b) Bob Dylan
This American peace activist and journalist founded the United Press International (UPI) and advocated for world peace.
a) William Randolph Hearst
b) Joseph Pulitzer
c) Walter Lippmann
d) E. W. Scripps
Answer: d) E. W. Scripps
Who was an American peace activist and economist known for his advocacy of a universal basic income (UBI)?
a) Thomas Piketty
b) John Maynard Keynes
c) Milton Friedman
d) Martin Luther King Jr.
Answer: d) Martin Luther King Jr.
This American peace activist and educator founded the Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago, to aid immigrants and the poor.
a) Florence Kelley
b) Grace Abbott
c) Mary McDowell
d) Jane Addams
Answer: d) Jane Addams
Who was an American peace activist and journalist known for her efforts to expose corporate corruption and child labor?
a) Nellie Bly
b) Ida Tarbell
c) Upton Sinclair
d) Lincoln Steffens
Answer: b) Ida Tarbell
This American peace activist and singer-songwriter wrote the iconic song “Give Peace a Chance.”
a) Paul Simon
b) John Lennon
c) Jimi Hendrix
d) Bob Marley
Answer: b) John Lennon
Who was an American peace activist and labor leader who played a key role in the Pullman Strike of 1894?
a) Eugene V. Debs
b) Samuel Gompers
c) Terence V. Powderly
d) Mary Harris Jones
Answer: a) Eugene V. Debs
This American peace activist and author wrote the famous book “Walden,” emphasizing the importance of simple living and self-reliance.
a) Henry David Thoreau
b) Ralph Waldo Emerson
c) Walt Whitman
d) Emily Dickinson
Answer: a) Henry David Thoreau
Who was an American peace activist and biologist known for his work in conservation, including the establishment of national parks?
a) John Muir
b) Aldo Leopold
c) Gifford Pinchot
d) Edward Abbey
Answer: a) John Muir
This American peace activist and lawyer co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and fought against censorship.
a) Clarence Darrow
b) Thurgood Marshall
c) Ruth Bader Ginsburg
d) William Kunstler
Answer: a) Clarence Darrow
Who was an American peace activist and journalist known for her investigative reporting during the Progressive Era?
a) Nellie Bly
b) Ida Tarbell
c) Upton Sinclair
d) Lincoln Steffens
Answer: b) Ida Tarbell
This American peace activist and author co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
a) W. E. B. Du Bois
b) Booker T. Washington
c) Frederick Douglass
d) Ida B. Wells
Answer: d) Ida B. Wells
Who was an American peace activist and labor organizer known for her involvement in the Lawrence textile strike of 1912?
a) Lucy Parsons
b) Emma Goldman
c) Mother Jones
d) A. Philip Randolph
Answer: c) Mother Jones
This American peace activist was a labor leader and co-founder of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
a) Joe Hill
b) Eugene V. Debs
c) Jimmy Hoffa
d) Samuel Gompers
Answer: a) Joe Hill
Who was an American peace activist and advocate for the rights of the disabled, best known for her role in the “504 Sit-In” protest?
a) Helen Keller
b) Judy Heumann
c) Temple Grandin
d) Harriet McBryde Johnson
Answer: b) Judy Heumann
This American peace activist and singer-songwriter wrote the famous anti-war song “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”
a) Bob Dylan
b) Pete Seeger
c) Woody Guthrie
d) Joan Baez
Answer: b) Pete Seeger
Who was an American peace activist and Nobel laureate known for his advocacy of civil rights and opposition to the Vietnam War?
a) John F. Kennedy
b) Robert F. Kennedy
c) Martin Luther King Jr.
d) William Sloane Coffin
Answer: b) Robert F. Kennedy
This American peace activist and author wrote the influential book “Silent Spring,” raising awareness about environmental issues.
a) Rachel Carson
b) Al Gore
c) Jane Goodall
d) David Suzuki
Answer: a) Rachel Carson
Who was an American peace activist and advocate for indigenous rights, known for her activism during the occupation of Alcatraz?
a) Leonard Peltier
b) Russell Means
c) John Trudell
d) LaDonna Harris
Answer: d) LaDonna Harris
This American peace activist and journalist documented the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War and fought against fascism.
a) George Orwell
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) Martha Gellhorn
d) John Dos Passos
Answer: c) Martha Gellhorn
Who was an American peace activist and labor leader who founded the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)?
a) Eugene V. Debs
b) John L. Lewis
c) Samuel Gompers
d) Terence V. Powderly
Answer: b) John L. Lewis
This American peace activist and nun dedicated her life to fighting for social justice and the poor.
a) Mother Teresa
b) Dorothy Day
c) Helen Prejean
d) Teresa Forcades
Answer: b) Dorothy Day
