Social Studies Weekly #12

Who was allowed to vote when the Declaration of Independence was frst written?

• all people

• slaves

• men and women

• men who owned land

Which event in America’s past history happened frst?

• Paul Revere’s ride

• Martin Luther King Jr.’s march on Washington

• Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves

• Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery

Which African American wrote letters and published a newspaper fghting for freedom?

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Harriet Tubman

• Martin Luther King Jr

• Frederick Douglass

How did Benjamin Franklin and other leaders help the colonists?

• They went to jail for protesting English laws.

• They wrote newspapers and books keeping the colonists informed

• They fought with the colonists against England.

• They organized freedom marches

Why did Sequoyah invent an alphabet for the Cherokee people?

• Sequoyah wanted to help the Cherokee people fnd gold

• Sequoyah could not speak the Cherokee language.

• The Cherokee people wanted to move to Oklahoma.

• The Cherokee people did not have a written language.

Who was a child of former slaves who opened a school for African American girls?

• Harriet Tubman

• Rosa Parks

• Susan B. Anthony

• Mary McLeod Bethune

What is one thing that Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King Jr. have in common?

• They both went to jail for their beliefs.

• They both helped women get the right to votes.

• They were both African American.

• They both wanted to end slavery.

The word cooperation means...

• hard work

• confict

• fghting

• working together

Why is one route between Georgia and Oklahoma called the Trail of Tears?

• Many Cherokee and Creek people died when they were forced to leave.

• Many prospectors died there while searching for gold.

• This route is extremely dangerous for travelers.

• Many settlers died there while traveling west

Which president made Mary McLeod Bethune a special assistant to the Secretary of War during World War II?

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Joe Biden