This Week in History 4/11-4/15

On April 11, 1976 the Apple I computer, created by Steve Jobs and ____ is released.

• Pier Giorgio Perotto

• Steve Wozniak

• John Mauchly

• Henry Edward Robert

On April 12, 1945 President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office and Vice President Harry Truman is sworn in as 33^rd US president.

How many terms did Roosevelt serve as president?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

April 13, 1954 Robert Oppenheimer was accused of being a communist.

He is a famous physicist and is the considered the father of the ____.

• atomic bomb

• microwave oven

• computer

• modern telescope

On April 14, 1939 John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath" was published. This famous novel discussed the hardships of Americans during the Dust Bowl.

This novel was about people who were forced to leave their homes and head to California to find work.

What was the name given to these people?

• Smokies

• Dusters

• Okies

• Bowlers

April 15, 1947, the first African American plays in a US major league baseball game for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Who was this man?

• Fritz Pollard

• Bill Russell

• Jesse Owens

• Jackie Robinson