Deaf History thru DPN

Gallaudet University was established in

• 1812

• 1817

• 1862

• 1864

What president signed the law that made Gallaudet a University?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Buchannan

What was the name of the first deaf school in North America?

• Columbia Institute for the Deaf and Dumb

• The National Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb

• The American Institution for the Deaf and Dumb

• Pennsylvania School for the Deaf

Who went in search of a way to educate the deaf?

• Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

• Edward Miner Gallaudet

• Laurent Clerc

• George Veditz

The National Technical Institute for the Deaf is on the campus of what well-known school?

• MIT

• Stanford

• Florida State

• RIT

How many students were the leaders of the DPN protest?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which of the following was NOT a demand that the students made during the DPN protest?

• 51% of the Board members should be deaf

• Dr. Zinser learn to sign

• No punishment for the organizers of the protest

• Put a president in who was deaf

How many American representatives were at the Milan Conference supporting ASL as a way to teach deaf children?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

What does the National Association for the Deaf fight for?

• the use of speech and lipreading in school

• equality in all aspects of deaf life

• hearing aids at reasonable costs

• cochlear implants

Historically, American Sign Language is related to:

• British Sign Language

• Swedish Sign Language

• French Sign Language

• German Sign Language