1. Do you know the 1880’s?

2. What happened in 1876? A.G. Bell had patented a device for sending the spoken word over a wire.

3. What famous woman was born in 1880? Helen Keller

4. Who passed away in 1880? Mrs. Clerc (Laurent Clerc’s widow T.H. Gallaudet: 1851 L. Clerc: 1869

5. Who did many of Lewis Wallace’s novels include? Deaf characters who use sign language

6. How many Deaf schools were in the U.S in 1880? 38 When was the first school for the Deaf established in America? 1817

7. How many of those 38 schools were started by Deaf people? 8 (~4%)

8. Where were there associations of the Deaf? New England New York Wisconsin Indiana

9. When was there the first idea of a national association of the Deaf? 1850

10. Despite the need for a national association, why was it impractical? No newspaper linked the Deaf community Deaf leaders were scattered Travel was slow and difficult

11. Why a national organization? Deaf Americans were beginning to realize that if anyone was going to resolve their problems it would have to be themselves

12. What were Deaf people concerned about? The educational conditions in schools for the Deaf The method of instruction Deaf people needed better training for industrial work Discrimination hampered the independence and well being of the Deaf The lack of public understanding of Deaf people, their handicap and their capabilities

13. What is NAD? The National Association of the Deaf

14. Where was the first Convention of the National Association of the Deaf (city and state)? Cincinnati, Ohio

15. What did they resolve to do at the first Convention ? To bring the Deaf in close contact Deliberate on the needs of the Deaf Take care of ourselves

16. Where was Robert P. McGregor educated? OSD and Gallaudet

17. What was Robert P. McGregor skilled at? Orating Swaying an audience at will

18. Who was Robert P. McGregor in regards to NAD? The first president

19. How old was the youngest person involved in the first convention? 20 years old

20. How many states were represented at the first convention? 21

21. What state were most the people from? OhioWhy? Ohio was the host state

22. What U.S. president supported the Deaf? James Garfield