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Mixed Questions
100
She got arrested after refusing to give her seat to a white man in the bus.
Rosa Parks
100
Who was the first black man to play for a major-league baseball?
Jackie Robinson!
100
When people scream their opinions and use picket signs, they are...
Boycotting
100
When something is against the law
Illegal
100
Finish the speech: "I had a ______!"
"Dream"
200
She attended an all-white school when she was in the first grade!
Ruby Bridges
200
He had a dream! He made a famous speech and wanted civil rights for all African-Americans!
Martin Luther King, Jr!
200
What did some white parents do with their 1st graders when they found out Ruby Bridges was going to be in the same class with them?
They took them out of the class
200
Setting someone apart because of the color of their skin
Segregation
200
Name one thing that George Washington Carver invented with peanut butter!
Shampoo Cheese Ink Soap
300
She is our FIRST LADY! The president's wife!
Michelle Obama
300
Our first African-American president!
Barack Obama
300
He was a farmer and grew a lot of cotton!
George Washington Carver
300
To stop and hold someone who may have broken a law (Hint: this happened to Rosie Parks when she didn't give her seat up!)
Arrested
300
What team did Jackie Robinson play for in the MAJOR LEAGUES?
Brooklyn Dodgers!
400
What happened when people found out that Rosa Parks wasn't treated fairly and arrested?
They started boycotting
400
He fought segregation and spoke one of the most famous speeches in Washington D.C.!
Martin Luther King Jr
400
Before playing for the Major Leagues, Jackie Robinson played for what league?
The Negro American League
400
A person who is owned by another person
Slave
400
What did SEGREGATION LAWS make people do?
It made people separate one another based on the color of their skin Made African Americans ride in the back of the bus and attend different schools
500
Who ended segregation in schools?
Ruby Bridges
500
Who invented many useful things out of peanut-butter?
George Washington Carver, Jr
500
This influential African-American won the Nobel Peace Prize!
Barack Obama
500
The rights that all people have freedom and equal treatment under the law are...
Civil Rights
500
The number on Jackie Robinson's jersey?
42