Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first airplane pilots of color in the US military.

• True

• False

When did Eugene Bullard, an African American pilot, join the French Air Force?

• 1917

• 1927

• 1937

In what year did WWII begin?

• 1939

• 1941

• 1945

Bessie Coleman was the first African American female pilot.

• True

• False

Black soldiers lived in separate barracks from white soldiers an ate in separate mess halls.

• True

• False

In which year was the Civil Rights Act passed by Congress ending Jim Crow laws?

• 1917

• 1964

• 1977

After meeting Dale White and Chauncey Spencer, which future president worked to get Congress to approve six CPTPs for black people?

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Harry S. Truman

In which state is the Tuskegee Institute?

• Mississippi

• Alabama

• Tennessee

• New York

"Chief Pilot Charles Alfred Anderson was in charge of the first group of students." What was his nickname?

• Captain

• Chief

• Sir

• Commander

Why did the United States join the war against the Axis Powers?

• They didn't like them

• They were friends with England

• The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor