Biography Jeopardy - Henry County Schools
Paul Revere
Mary McLeod
Bethune
Susan B.
Anthony
1 pt
Frederick
Douglass
Thurgood
Marshall
2 pt
5 pt
When Paul Revere was 13 what job did he do with his father?
He was a silversmith.
What group was Paul
Revere a part of?
Sons of
Liberty
In which year was Paul
Revere born?
a. 1534 b. 1734 c. 1934
b. 1734
Where was Paul
Revere likely born?
a.Massachusetts
b.Maine
c.Mississippi
a. Massachusetts
Paul Revere warned the colonists that someone was coming to attack? Who was he warning them about?
The British were coming to attack.
In what year was Mary McLeod
Bethune born?
a. 1775 b. 1975 c. 1665 d. 1875
d. 1875
In 1904 Mary McLeod
Bethune started a school. Who attended this school?
African
American girls
Where did
Bethune really want to go to be a missionary?
Africa
Where did
Bethune start a school?
Daytona Beach,
Florida
Which famous First
Lady did Mary
McLeod Bethune work closely with?
Eleanor Roosevelt
What kind of church did Susan B. Anthony and her family attend that influenced her beliefs about women’s rights?
Quaker
Who worked with Susan B.
Anthony to start the National
Woman Suffrage Association?
a. Mary McLeod Bethune b. Eleanor Roosevelt c. Elizabeth Cady Stanton d.Oprah Winfrey
c. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Why was Susan B.
Anthony arrested?
She was accused of voting illegally.
In what year were women allowed to vote in every state in the United States?
a.1890 b. 1920 c. 1950 d. never
b. 1920
In 1979 Susan B.
Anthony was honored for her work in women’s rights. How was she honored?
The Silver B.
Anthony silver dollar was issued.
What year was Frederick
Douglass born?
a. 1618 b. 1718 c. 1818 d. 1918
c. 1818
What was the name of the newspaper that Frederick
Douglass started in New York in 1847?
a. The North Star b.The South Star c. The Shooting Star
a.The North Star
True or False:
Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery and helped other African
Americans become free.
True
Douglass worked with people who wanted to end slavery. What was the group called?
a. Sons of Liberty b. Abolitionists c. National Woman Suffrage
Association
b. Abolitionists
Frederick Douglass lived during the time of which war?
a. American Revolution b. World War II c. Civil War d.World War I
c. Civil War
Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland in ___.
a.1608 b. 1708 c. 1808 d. 1908
d. 1908
Thurgood Marshall often argued with his teachers. As his punishment what document did they have him study?
a. Constitution b. Declaration of Idependence c. Mayflower Document d. the Holy Bible
a. Constitution
Why couldn’t Thurgood Marshall attend the University of Maryland Law
School?
a. His parents couldn’t afford to send him.
b. His grades were not good enough.
c. The school did not allow African
Americans to attend.
d. He joined the Army.
c. The school did not allow
African Americans to attend.
Thurgood Marshall took the case
Brown vs. the Board of Education to the Supreme Court. What was the result?
a. The end of segregation in schools b. Her family won a lot of money.
c. He lost the case.
d. African Americans could ride the bus.
a. The end of segregation in schools
Which President appointed
Thurgood Marshall to the
Supreme Court?
a. Abraham Lincoln b. George W. Bush c. Lyndon B. Johnson d. Franklin D. Roosevelt
c. Lyndon B. Johnson
