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BIG History 1917-1935

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Year Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act established?

a)

1917

b)

1925

c)

1926

d)

1928

2.

Who created the Smith-Hughes Act?

a)

Senator Hoke Smith & Representative Dudley Hughes

b)

Representative Hoke Smith & Senator Dudley Hughes

3.

Year Virginia Tech teachers Henry C. Groseclose, Harry W. Sanders, Walter S. Newman and Edmund C. Magill create the Future Farmers of Virginia (FFV) for boys.

a)

1928

b)

1935

c)

1917

d)

1925

4.

Who is the "father" of FFA?

a)

Edmund C. Magil

b)

Henry C. Grosclose

c)

H.O. Sargent

d)

Walter S. Newman

5.

Which STATE was the FIRST to have "FFA?"

a)

California

b)

Virginia

c)

Texas

d)

Puerto Rice

6.

Year H.O. Sargent, G.W. Owens wrote the constitution and by-laws for NFV.

a)

1935

b)

1927

c)

1928

d)

1965

7.

Who wrote the constitution and by-laws for the NFV?

a)

HO Sargent

b)

G.W. Owens

c)

J.R. Thomas

d)

All Answers

8.

What does NFV stand for? Pay attention to the "V"

a)

New Farmers of West Virginia

b)

New Farmers of Virginia

c)

New Farmers of Vermont

d)

New Farmers of America

9.

Which STATE had NFV first? Which STATE officially created the NFA?

a)

NFV:Virginia - NFA: Tuskegee, Alabama

b)

NFV:Tuskegee, Alabama - NFA:Virgina

10.

What was H.O. Sargent's actual job?

a)

Teacher at Cal Poly

b)

Federal agent for Ag Ed for African American at CDE

c)

Federal agent of Ag Ed for African Americans at USDE

d)

Teacher at Virginia State College

11.

What was G.W. Owen's actual job?

a)

Teacher trainer at Cal Poly

b)

Teacher trainer at Virginia State College

c)

Federal Agent for USDE

d)

Federal Agent for CDE

12.

FFA was officially created in what year?

a)

1930

b)

1917

c)

1928

d)

1929

13.

Where was FFA created?

a)

Atlanta, Georgia

b)

Kansas City, Missori

c)

Virginia

d)

Tuskegee, Alabama

14.

Where was the first National FFA Convention located? What year?

a)

Kansas City, Missouri - 1929

b)

Atlanta, Georgia - 1930

c)

Tuskegee, Alabama - 1927

d)

Kansas City, Missouri - 1928

15.

In Kansas City, Missouri, what was the building at FFA was created in?

a)

Quality Inn and Suites

b)

Baltimore Hotel

c)

National FFA Center

d)

National FFA Headquater

16.

How many delegates were there at the first National Convention? How many states were in attendance?

a)

64 delegates, 33 states

b)

33 delegates, 64 states

c)

33 delegates, 18 states

d)

18 delegates, 33 states

17.

Who was the first National FFA President? Where was he from? What year was he elected?

a)

Leslie Applegate, California - 1928

b)

Leslie Applegate, New Jersey - 1928

c)

Corey Flourney, Illinois - 1994

d)

Jan Eberly, California -1982

18.

Year of the fist sectional gathering of NFA members.

a)

1929

b)

1928

c)

1930

d)

1926

19.

Year the FFA colors were adopted.

a)

1928

b)

1929

c)

1935

d)

1930

20.

Year Carlton Patton, Arkansas was named first Star Farmer in America.

a)

1930

b)

1929

c)

1928

d)

1917

21.

What did Calton Patton win?

a)

First Star in Ag Placement of America

b)

First Star Agriscience of America

c)

First Star Farmer of America

d)

First Star Agri-Business of America

22.

What company sponsored the Star Farmer of America Award until 1949?

a)

National FFA Organization

b)

Farm Journal of Philadelphia

c)

Kansas City Star

d)

Seeds of Hope

23.

Year first national chapter contest is launched and sponsored by Farm Journal magazine?

a)

1933

b)

1929

c)

1928

d)

1930

24.

What month was the 2nd National FFA Convention in? What year was this convention?

a)

October, 1928

b)

November, 1928

c)

October, 1929

d)

November, 1929

25.

How many delegates and states were at the 2nd National FFA convention?

a)

33 states, 18 delegates

b)

33 states, 64 delegates

c)

64 states, 33 delegates

d)

18 states, 33 delegates

26.

By 1929 how many states had FFA?

a)

50

b)

35

c)

33

d)

37

27.

How many chapter in 1929?

a)

2000

b)

1500

c)

100

d)

1600

28.

How many members in 1929?

a)

100,000

b)

30,000

c)

45,000

d)

3,000

29.

Year FFA creed was created?

a)

1945

b)

1935

c)

1930

d)

1931

30.

Who wrote the FFA creed? Choose 2 answers.

a)

E.M. Tiffany

b)

HO Sargent

c)

Erwin Milton Tiffany

d)

Leslie Applegate

31.

Who won the first national public speaking contest? What year?

a)

Edward Drace, Missouri - 1930

b)

Edward Drace, Missouri - 1931

c)

Christe Peterson, Wisconsin - 1979

d)

Christe Peterson, Wisconsin - 1980

32.

Year of the fist official dress was adopted?

a)

1930

b)

1928

c)

1929

d)

1927

33.

What were the part of the fist official dress of 1930? You may have to choose more than 1 answer....

a)

Dark Blue Shirt

b)

Blue or White Pants

c)

Blue Cap

d)

Yellow Tie

e)

FFA Jacket

34.

Year delegates resticted FFA membership to boys only?

a)

1945

b)

1930

c)

1931

d)

1932

35.

Year of the first FFA manual printed?

a)

1932

b)

1930

c)

1929

d)

1931

36.

What company printed the first FFA manuals?

a)

Seeds of Hope

b)

Farm Journal of Philadelphia

c)

Kansas City Star

d)

National FFA Radio Broadcasting

37.

Year the National FFA Radio Program on NBC was launched?

a)

1929

b)

1931

c)

1932

d)

1933

38.

Year a FFA charter was granted to the Puerto Rico Association

a)

1932

b)

1933

c)

1934

d)

1935

39.

Year blue corduroy is adopted as official dress?

a)

1933

b)

1932

c)

1934

d)

1935

40.

What year did a group of FFA officers take a pilgrimage to Washington D.C., where they greeted President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the White House Lawn.

a)

1933

b)

1934

c)

1930

d)

1935

41.

Year NFA was OFFICIALLY founded as a national organization.

a)

1933

b)

1934

c)

1935

d)

1936

42.

Where was NFA created?

a)

Virginia

b)

Tuskegee Institute, Alabama

c)

Kansas City, Mo

d)

Baltimore Hotel

43.

Who was the first NFA president? What year?

a)

David Simmons, Alabama - 1935

b)

Leslie Applegate, New Jersey - 1928

c)

Jan Eberly, California - 1982

d)

Corey Flourney, Illinois - 1994

44.

Year membership exceeds 100,000 members.

a)

1934

b)

1935

c)

1936

d)

1937