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NHD: Tuskegee Airmen

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen

a)

The first black McDonald's workers

b)

The first black people in Congress

c)

The first black aviators

d)

The first black European Explorers

2.

What was the Executive Order 9981

a)

A document issued by Harry S. Truman aboloishing discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, or natural origin in the United States Armed Forces

b)

A speech delivered by President Lincoln remembering those who were lost at the Gettysburg

c)

A document "breaking up" with England

d)

A speech by Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lincoln Memorial

3.

Who was Charles A. Anderson

a)

The prime minister of Ireland

b)

The teacher who helped the Tuskegee Airmen with their homework

c)

The boss of Tuskegee Airmen

d)

A chief who instructed the Tuskegee Airmen

4.

What stereotype kept African Americans from flying airplanes in the military

a)

African Americans were too serious

b)

African Americans could not fly because they were uneducated and not qualified enough for combat duty

c)

African Americans were too educated to understand how to fly

d)

African Americans only played sports and couldn't fly because aviation wasn't a sport

5.

Who was the Executive Order 9981 written by

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

Thomas Jefferson

6.

Who was the Executive Order 8802 written by

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Donald Trump

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson

7.

Tuskegee Airmen did not help desegregate the military

a)

False

b)

True

8.

What barrier did the Tuskegee Airmen break?

a)

A wall standing up

b)

The door being in the way

c)

Racism in the military

d)

Plagiarism in a paper

9.

Where was Charles A. Anderson recruited to

a)

Civilian Pilot Training

b)

White House

c)

A high school

d)

United Nation

10.

What did the Tuskegee Airmen's actions do

a)

got them fired

b)

desegregate the military

c)

killed them

d)

got them expelled from school

11.

What time period was the Tuskegee Airmen introduce

a)

1941- 1945

b)

1860-1864

c)

2009-2017

d)

1985- 2012

12.

Why did Franklin Roosevelt expand the military training to African Americans?

a)

He didn't

b)

There was intense pressure on him

c)

He was threatened

d)

The military insists him doing it or they would lose the war on purpose

13.

What happened after FDR expand the military program

a)

The War Department formed small black infantries

b)

He died and couldn't see it happen

c)

The Congress disagreed and he couldn't do it

d)

That didn't happen