Day 12 NM History

What type of language is Navajo?

• oral

• written

• oral and written

What happened to Navajo children if they spoke Navajo while at American Indian schools?

• They were punished

• They were rewarded

• Nothing. They were allowed to speak any language of their choice

Who came up with the idea of using the Navajo language to create a code?

• Phillip Johnston

• Harry Truman

• Woodrow Wilson

• General McArthur

The Navajo language was perfect for coding because....

• it wasn't a written

• it was complex

• it had to be memorized

• it was easy to learn

Code Talkers placed corn pollen on their ______ before battle to be able to speak the code more clearly

• tongues

• heads

• feet

• hands

The information on the Code Talkers was made public in _____

• 1969

• 1945

• 1960

• 2001

The Code Talkers were a key factor in the Allied victory in the _________ during World War II.

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Gulf of Mexico

• Carribean

Juneteenth celebrates ________

• the liberation of slaves in Texas

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• The end of the Civil War

• The 19th amendment

The _____ Amendment ended slavery in the United States.

• 13th

• 16th

• 18th

• 19th

What groups were now defined as enemy aliens after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

• Japanese

• Italians

• Germans

• Spanish