Susan B. Anthony
What did Susan B. Anthony fight for?
Women's right to vote
What was Mary McLeod Bethune's job?
She was a teacher.
What is Rosa Parks famous for?
She is famous for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person, to show that it was unfair.
What was Jackie Robinson famous for?
He was the first African American baseball player in Major League Baseball.
What did Cesar Chavez work for?
He worked for workers' rights.
What cause did Susan B. Anthony help fight for before working for women's rights?
She helped fight for the abolition of slavery. However, many abolitionists would not later help her fight for women's right to vote.
What did Eleanor Roosevelt help fight for?
Women's right to vote, civil rights for all people
What did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fight for?
He fought for equal rights for African Americans.
What league did Jackie play in before he played for the MLB (the league for white men)?
He played for the league for African American men.
What 2 languages did Cesar Chavez speak?
He spoke English and Spanish. This helped him speak with both migrant workers and farm owners.
What is suffrage?
Suffrage means the right to vote.
What does it mean to be the "First Lady"?
The First Lady is the wife of the President of the United States.
What is a boycott?
How did people feel about Jackie Robinson playing in the MLB (the league for white men)?
People were very hostile. They tried to scare him away, they called him names, and some of his own teammates wouldn't even sit with him. Jackie was strong and worked hard anyways.
What did Cesar Chavez think was unfair about life for the migrant workers?
He thought they should have better pay and better working conditions. They were working long hours, doing hard work, couldn't pay for medical care if they were sick/hurt, and they wouldn't get paid if the weather was too bad to work.
What were some of the ways women were discriminated against in Susan B. Anthony's lifetime?
Women did not get to learn as much in school as men (they didn't go past 8th grade), they could only have small jobs, they could not be in the government, they could not be doctors or lawyers, they could not own a house if they were married, and they could not VOTE!
All people should have the right to food, shelter, education, a job, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, etc.
Segregation means separation of people, often based on race.
What does discrimination mean?
Discrimination means treating different groups of people differently/unfairly, based on what's on the outside (not on the inside).
What does the word "migrant" mean? For example, "migrant workers" means "workers who _____".
Migrant means to move around.
What was Susan B. Anthony sent to jail for?
What are some examples of Civil Rights? Things that are promised by the government to all people?
Some Civil Rights would be freedom of religion, freedom of speech, right to protest, right to a trial if accused of a crime, right to make a petition if something is unfair, etc.
What does it mean to have your jersey number retired ?
It is a special honor that means no other player on any team can ever wear his number (42) anymore. However, every year on April 15, all MLB players wear 42 to show their respect to Jackie.