Warm Ups February 2018 US History Black History Month Warm Ups February 2018 US History
Friday February 2 Which United States President is known for officially creating February as Black History Month? Abraham Lincoln Gerald Ford Ronald Regan Thomas Jefferson
Friday February 2 Which United States President is known for officially creating February as Black History Month? Abraham Lincoln Gerald Ford Ronald Regan Thomas Jefferson
Monday February 5th Black History Month was also once known as “National Negro Week”. It was observed the 2nd week of February. What two famous contributors to African American’s rights have birthdays in this week? Fredrick Douglass and Ida B. Wells Carter G. Woodson and Ida B. Wells Fredrick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln W.E.B. DuBois and Abraham Lincoln
Monday February 5th Black History Month was also once known as “National Negro Week”. It was observed the 2nd week of February. What two famous contributors to African American’s rights have birthdays in this week? Fredrick Douglass and Ida B. Wells Carter G. Woodson and Ida B. Wells Fredrick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln W.E.B. DuBois and Abraham Lincoln
Tuesday February 6th Who was the first African American woman elected to Congress? Susan B. Anthony Ida B. Wells Shirley Chisolm Sheila Jackson Lee
Tuesday February 6th Who was the first African American woman elected to Congress? Susan B. Anthony Ida B. Wells Shirley Chisolm Sheila Jackson Lee
Wednesday February 7th Write your answer down on your paper to who the following individual is from the Progressive Era: An African American journalist who worked throughout her life to end the practice of lynching in the South. She contributed to several newspapers, including the Memphis Free Speech, the New York Age, and the Chicago Conservator. In 1895, she published a detailed inquiry into lynching, entitled A Red Record.
Wednesday February 7th Ida B. Wells Write your answer down on your paper to who the following individual is from the Progressive Era: An African American journalist who worked throughout her life to end the practice of lynching in the South. She contributed to several newspapers, including the Memphis Free Speech, the New York Age, and the Chicago Conservator. In 1895, she published a detailed inquiry into lynching, entitled A Red Record. Ida B. Wells
Thursday February 8th It was March 2, 1955, when the fifteen-year-old schoolgirl refused to move to the back of the bus… This person was known as Rosa Parks Martin Luther King, Jr. Claudette Colvin Esther Jones
Thursday February 8th It was March 2, 1955, when the fifteen-year-old schoolgirl refused to move to the back of the bus… This person was known as Rosa Parks Martin Luther King, Jr. Claudette Colvin Esther Jones
Friday February 9th What famous individual at Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech for the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial caused him to put his notes aside and inspired him to speak impromptu about his dream? Senator John Lewis Essie McIntyre Coretta Scott King Mahalia Jackson
Friday February 9th What famous individual at Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech for the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial caused him to put his notes aside and inspired him to speak impromptu about his dream? Senator John Lewis Essie McIntyre Coretta Scott King Mahalia Jackson
Thursday February 15th, 2018 Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice? Thurgood Marshall Hiram Rhodes Revels Clarence Thomas Earl Warren
Thursday February 15th, 2018 Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice? Thurgood Marshall Hiram Rhodes Revels Clarence Thomas Earl Warren
Friday February 16th, 2018 This Individual was a scientist and educator born in 1864 and was best know for discovering many ways to use the peanut and was also a man of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, INC. James Weldon Johnson Frank Drake George Washington Carver John Lewis
Friday February 16th, 2018 This Individual was a scientist and educator born in 1864 and was best know for discovering many ways to use the peanut and was also a man of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, INC. James Weldon Johnson Frank Drake George Washington Carver John Lewis
Wednesday February 21st, 2018 The Rough Riders were a group of soldiers that fought in the famed "Battle of San Juan Hill" against what country? Italy Spain Mexico North Korea
Wednesday, February 21st, 2018 The Rough Riders were a group of soldiers that fought in the famed "Battle of San Juan Hill" against what country? Italy Spain Mexico North Korea
Tuesday February 27, 2018 This was a group of African American students enrolled in a high school in Arkansas in 1957. They were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. They then attended after the intervention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Elite 8 The Talented Tenth The Little Rock Nine The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Tuesday February 27, 2018 This was a group of African American students enrolled in a high school in Arkansas in 1957. They were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. They then attended after the intervention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Elite 8 The Talented Tenth The Little Rock Nine The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Wednesday February 28, 2018 Which event surrounding World War I had the GREATEST impact on Americans? A) Germany attacking Belgium B) the sinking of the Lusitania C) Germany's boycott of imported goods D) the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Wednesday February 28, 2018 Which event surrounding World War I had the GREATEST impact on Americans? A) Germany attacking Belgium B) the sinking of the Lusitania C) Germany's boycott of imported goods D) the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand