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ANSWERS: 1) c, 2) d, 3) c, 4) a, 5) b, 6) b, 7) d, 8) c, 9) d, 10) a, 11) b, 12) d

1Which founding father wrote his name extra big on the Declaration of Independence?

a) George Washington

b) James Madison

c) John Hancock

d) Alexander Hamilton

3How many times did Harriet Tubman return to the South after escaping from slavery to help other slaves escape to freedom?

a) Two

b) Six

c) Nineteen

d) None

4Which courageous escaped slave crisscrossed the country collecting supplies for black Union soldiers and speaking out against slavery and for the right of women to vote?

a) Sojourner Truth

b) Frederick Douglass

c) Henry “Box” Brown

d) Nat Turner

2Which freedoms are protected in the first amendment?

a) Freedom of speech

b) Freedom of religion

c) Freedom of assembly

d) All of the above

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5Which amendment granted citizenship to former slaves?

a) Thirteenth

b) Fourteenth

c) Fifteenth

d) Nineteenth

7Stock prices crashed and the Great Depression began on October 29, 1929. The day was called . . . ?

a) Sad Friday

b) Crash Thursday

c) Depression Monday

d) Black Tuesday

8Four young African-American men peacefully protested segregation in Mississippi in an act called a/an . . . ?

a) Demonstration

b) Boycott

c) Sit-in

d) March

6Who led the Uprising of the 20,000, a strike comprised of mostly young women workers, when she was 23?

a) Mother Jones

b) Clara Lemlich

c) Susan B. Anthony

d) Abigail Adams











9When was the Twenty-Sixth Amendment ratified, officially lowering the voting age to 18?

a) 1776

b) 1955

c) 1964

d) 1971

11Which is NOT one of the Four Freedoms from FDR’s famous speech?

a) Freedom from want

b) Freedom of assembly

c) Freedom of speech

d) Freedom from fear

12Who did not have the right to vote in early America?

a) African Americans

b) Native Americans

c) Women

d) All of the above

10Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves?

a) Abraham Lincoln

b) Thomas Jefferson

c) Franklin Delano Roosevelt

d) George Washington


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Print, cut out, and fold these trivia cards to quiz your ... · October 29, 1929. The day was called . . . a) Sad Friday b) Crash Thursday c) Depression Monday d) Black Tuesday 8