Asian Culture
A cooking method where thinly sliced meats and vegetables are quickly cooked in a communal pot of simmering broth at the table and it is popular in East and Southeast Asia
What is Hot Pot (shabu shabu)?
This outlawed Jim Crow in 1964
What is the Civil Rights Act?
This year women finally got the right to vote
What is 1920?
A musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda that won 11 Tony Awards
What is Hamilton?
In 1924, Native Americans officially became U.S. citizens with the passage of what Act
What is the Indian Citizenship Act?
It is the biggest country in Asia
What is Russia?
This is the month of Black History
What is February?
This person was credited with sewing the first American flag
Who is Betsy Ross?
The first Latino astronaut who traveled aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1993
Who is Dr. Ellen Ochoa?
The largest reservation in the U.S., occupying most of Northeastern Arizona and parts of Utah and New Mexico, belongs to which tribal nation
Who are the Navajo or Diné?
This is how long the Chinese New Year is celebrated
What are 15 days?
Two famous tennis playing sisters
Who are Serena and Venus Williams?
The only two non-presidents who appear on our currency
Who are Alexander Hamilton ($10 bill) Benjamin Franklin ($100 bill)?
A month long celebration that takes place from September 15 to October 15 which acknowledges the countless contributions of Hispanic of Hispanic and Latino Americans
What is National Hispanic Heritage Month?
This state was the first to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day (or Native Americans’ Day) as a state holiday:
What is South Dakota?
Tulips, apples and walnuts all originate there
hint: it is a region in Asia.
What is Central Asia?
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Who was the first black Supreme Court Justice?
The three branches of United Sates government
What are Legislative, Executive, and Judicial?
In 1928, this person became the first Mexican American and the first Latino United States Senator
Who is Octaviano Ambrosio Lazzazolo?
First Native American to serve as Vice President of the United States (from 1929-1933):
Who was Charles Curtis?
This country has the most vending machine
What is Japan?
A famous court ruling that made it illegal to have separate schools for black and white students (1954)
What is Brown vs the Board of Education?
This is the year the United States officially got involved in World War I
What is 1917?
In 1848, Mexico ceded 55% of its territory including the present-day states California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and more at the end of this war.
What is Mexican-American War?
Percent of Indigenous languages spoken today that are endangered:
What is 97% (193 of 197 existing languages)?