Deaf History

Gardiner Hubbard helped establish which school?

• Clark School for the Deaf

• Lexington School for the Deaf

• New York School for the Deaf

• Alexander G. Bell School for the Deaf

Oralism dominated the education of deaf children from 1880 until When?

• 1950

• 1960

• 1970

• 1980

What were the three classes taught at the first school for the deaf in the United States?

• English, Sports and Industriousness

• French, English and Speech

• Fingerspelling, English and Congressional-Style Morality

• English Literacy, Industriousness and Congregational-Style Morality

Laurent Clerc was on a 'loan' to America for three years, he did not go back to France because he married:

• Sophia Fowler

• Eliza Boardman

• Mabel Hubbard

• Alice Cogswell

Which on of Thomas Gallaudet's sons was the first President and Founder of Gallaudet University?

• Young Thomas Gallaudet

• Lawrence Gallaudet

• Edward Minor Gallaudet

• Minor Gallaudet

Which religion was the first Deaf Church in America?

• Episcopalian

• Catholic

• Presbyterian

• Baptist

What year did Thomas Gallaudet Die?

• 1851

• 1869

• 1850

• 1868

ASL is a blend of what three sign languages?

• Spanish, French and English

• Spanish, Vineyard Dialect and French

• Spanish, British and Vineyard Dialect

• French, Vineyard Dialect and English

Before 1817, Deaf children were either abandoned, raise orally or placed here:

• prisons

• Canada

• Cages

• Asylums

Who were the three men presenting French Sign Language as a successful means of educating deaf children in France?

• Abbe Sicard, Jean Massieu and Thomas Gallaudet

• Abbe Charles Michel, Laurent Clerc and Thomas Gallaudet

• Abbe Sicard, Jean Massieu and Laurent Clerc

• Abbe Charles Michel, Laurent Clerc and Larry Braidwood