Blacks In GOVERNMENT

Blacks In GOVERNMENT

By Patrice Biddle

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Multiple Choice

He was the first Black Local Elected Official in 1855, who was h

• Alexander Twight

• Barak Obama

• John Mercer

• Jessie Jackson

Multiple Choice

He was elected as the first black State Elected Official in 1836 who was he?

• John Mercer

• Thurgood Marshall

• Jessie Jackson

• Alexander Twight

Multiple Choice

He was the first black Supreme Court Justice in 1967-1991, who was he?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King

• Barak Obama

• Jessie Jackson

Multiple Choice

Which senator was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009.

• Carol Mosely Braun became the first black woman Senator serving from 1992

• Barack Obama. Obama defeated Sen. John McCain in the general election on November 4, 2008,

• Hiram Revels became Senator from Mississippi from Feb. 25, 1870, to March 4, 1871, during Reconstruction

• . Edward Brooke became the first African-American Senator since Reconstruction, 1966

Multiple Choice

The first black Mayor of a major U.S. City in 1967-1971 who was he?

• Carl Stokes

• Joseph Rainey

• Jessie Jackson

• Thurgood Marshall

Multiple Choice

She was the first black female Senator in 1992-1998, who was she?

• Michelle Obama

• Carol Mosely Braun

• Anita Hill

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He was the first black U.S. Senator from 1870-1871, who was he?

• Frederick Douglas

• W. E. B. Dubois

• Hiram Revels

• Jessie Jackson

Multiple Choice

She was the First black Mayor of a major city in U.S. in 1991-1995 who was she?

• Michelle Obama

• Sharon Kelly

• Carol Mosely Braun

• Maya Angelo

Multiple Choice

The first black Governor from 1872 to 1873,

who was he?

• W.E.B Dubois

• PBS Pinchback

• Jessie Jackson

• Martin Luther King

Multiple Choice

She was the first black female U.S. Secretary of State from 2005-2009, who was she?

• Michelle Obama

• Condoleezza Rice

• Loretta King

Multiple Choice

He was the first black U.S. Representative in 1870.

• Carl Stokes

• Jessie Jackson

• Frederick Douglas

• Joseph Rainey

Multiple Choice

He was the first black U.S. Cabinet member in 1966-1968, who was he?

• Jessie Jackson

• Martin Luther King

• Barak Obama

• Robert C Weaver

Multiple Choice

Which was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972

• The first black female Secretary of State was Condoleezza Rice,

• Carol Mosely Braun became the first black woman Senator serving the state of Illinois.

• Shirley Chisholm, Congresswoman from New York

• Michelle Obama became the nation's first black First Lady

Multiple Choice

She was the first black female U. S. Cabinet Member in 1977, who was she?

• Patricia Harris

• Michelle Obama

• Aretha Franklin

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He was he first black U.S. Secretary of State from 2001-2004, who was he?

• Barak Obama

• Jessie Jackson

• Colin Powell

• Martin Luther King

Multiple Choice

Which African American was the pioneer of elected officials who paved the way for serving in government or broke the barrier for blacks to serve in government?

• Carol Mosely Braun

  the first black woman Senator serving from 1992

• U.S. Secretary of State: Gen. Colin Powell, 2001

• The first black female Secretary of State was Condoleezza Rice, 2005?2009.

• Local elected official: John Mercer Langston, 1855, town clerk of Brownhelm Township, Ohio.

Schoolhouse Rock ...

How a "Bill" becomes a law

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Multiple Choice

What is a Law?

• Constitution?

• Policy?

• Transgression?

• Guidance?

Multiple Choice

Before it was a Bill, what was it called?

• Idea

• Proposal

• Payment

• Paper

Multiple Choice

What is the order for a Bill to be passed?

• Capital Hill, Senate, and House of Representative

• Senate, Capital Hill, and House of Representative

• White House, Senate, House of Representative, Capital Hill

• Capital Hill, House of Representative, and Senate

Multiple Choice

What is a Bill?

• A written statement of money that's owed for goods or services.

• A proposal passed by legislature and approved by executive to become a law.

• The first name of the President of the United States in 1992

• All of the Above

Multiple Choice

What is a VETO?

• When the Legislation Branch agrees but the Executive Branch disagrees

• When the public rejects to pass the Bill to Congress

• When Congress agrees, but the President disagrees to pass the Bill

• When the State of Representative signs the Bill and becomes a Law

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