Valentine
_____ is said to be the symbol of valentines and the baby son of the goddess Aphrodite (Venus).
Cupid
UNSCRAMBLE:
OVLE
LOVE
What does the O in XOXO stand for?
a. Wedding Ring b. Hugs
c. Kisses d. Love
Hugs
A network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States, used by enslaved African-Americans to escape into free states and Canada
The Underground Railroad
American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist who published several inspiring works including "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and "Still I Rise".
Maya Angelou
______is a part of the body associated with Valentine’s Day as it is considered the source of all human emotions.
Heart
UNSCAMBLE
YCNDA
CANDY
What is the most popular gift given on Valentine's Day?
a. Roses b. Chocolates
c. Cards d. Money
Chocolates
An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
a. plateau b. plantation
c. landmark c. bayou
plantation
This woman refused to give up her seat on the Montgomery bus nine months before Rosa Parks
a. Lucille Corbin b. Cynthia McNaire
c. Ella Filburn d. Claudette Colvin
Claudette Colvin
True or False:
In Victorian times it was considered bad luck to sign a Valentine's Day card
True
UNSCRAMBLE
WOREFSL
FLOWERS
What fruit is also known as the "love apple"?
a. tomato b. cherry
c. pomegranate c. red grape
tomato
The time when former slaves moved away from the South after the war, shifting from plantations and rural small towns into larger cities
a. The Land-run b. The Great Immigration
c. The Emancipation shift d. The Great Migration
The Great Migration
Was born into slavery in Maryland and escaped to freedom in the North in 1849 to become the most famous "conductor" on the underground railroad. This person was also known as "Moses" and never losing a passenger.
Harriet Tubman
Statistically, a woman who purchases flowers on Valentine's Day is most likely buying them for ...?
a. herself b. her significant other
c. mother c. children
herself
UNSCAMBLE
ETLNEAVIN
VALENTINE
What is one of Cupid's weaknesses?
a. overeating b. blindness
c. deaf d. mute
blindness
An intellectual, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement"
The Harlem Renaissance
First woman of African-American to get and hold a pilot license.
a. Bessie Coleman b. Emilia Airheart
c. Sarah Vaughn d. Bess Craner
Bessie Coleman
The name Valentine is derived from a Latin word meaning
a. valis b. valor
c. Valentino c. violin
valor
UNSCRAMBLE:
ACENRMO
Romance
What U.S. state produces the most roses for Valentine's Day?
a. Alabama b. California
c. Oregon d. Texas
California
Involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas. It existed from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
Atlantic Slave Trade
Black soldiers of the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. They were called _____ soldiers by Native American tribes who fought in the Indian Wars.
Buffalo soldiers