Vocabulary
What is the stock market?
A market in which stocks are bought and sold.
Name one way women helped the World War I effort.
They sewed uniforms, prepared medical supplies, raised money to help the government or went to work in shops.
Who was sent to the internment camps during World War II?
Japanese people
What is the fastest growing ethnic group in Idaho?
Latinos
What is a refugee?
A person who escapes his or her country during times of war
What year did the Great Depression start?
1929
What town was the first U.S. Airforce base in Idaho located?
Mountain Home
Why did German people first come to Idaho?
During the gold rush
What are civil rights?
Rights that belong to all Americans or the freedoms and powers people have as members of communities
Where was Idaho's first radio station located, in 1922?
Boise or BSU
Who was the first person that figured out how to dry potatoes so they don't go bad?
J.R. Simplot
What did they call a group of African American soldiers?
Buffalo Soldiers
What is a migrant worker?
A person who moves from place to place for work.
Who invented the television?
Philo Farnsworth
When was Idaho's first civil rights rally?
One week after Martin Luther King Jr's death
Name the group of dancers led by Juanita "Jay" Uberuaga Hormaechea, it means "fast feet" in English.
Oinkari
What is an internment camp?
A place where the country's government holds people who are not considered a citizen of that country.
What U.S. president formed the New Deal to help beat the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Why did Vernon Baker get a Medal of Honor?
For his bravery during World War II
Name two countries whose people are recent refugees in Idaho
Iraq, Afghanistan, Congo, Burma, Bhutan, Somalia, and Uzbekistan