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Civil Rights
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On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court
issued a decision in Brown v. Board of
Education of Topeka, Kansas, declaring
that "separate educational facilities are
inherently unequal." How many years
have passed since the Supreme Court
made this ruling?
O'Halloran, T.J. (1955). School integration, Barnard School, Washington, D.C.. Library of Congress: Exhibitions, "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty
Civil Rights
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Did You Know?
The 1954 decision was the first major piece
of Civil Rights legislation since the 1896
Plessy vs. Ferguson Case, which Brown
overruled.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/brown-segregation.html
Answer: 52 years
O'Halloran, T.J. (1955). School integration, Barnard School, Washington, D.C.. Library of Congress: Exhibitions, "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty
Civil Rights
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Unknown. (1953). Waiting for courtroom seats, 1953. . Library of
Congress: Exhibitions, "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty
This picture shows a line of people wanting to get a
seat in the Supreme court for Brown vs. Board of
Education. If there are only 50 seats available, and
only one thirteenth of the people were able to get a
seat, how many people were waiting in line?
Civil Rights
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Unknown. (1953). Waiting for courtroom seats, 1953. . Library of
Congress: Exhibitions, "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty
While Brown called for school desegregation,
integration of public places was not legally supported
until the Civil Rights Acts ten years later, in 1964
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9b.html
Answer: 650 People
Civil Rights
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Unknown. (1963). March on Washington, August 28, 1963.. Library of Congress: America's Library, Jump Back in Time
From the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
delivered his famous "I Have A Dream"
speech to a crowd of 250,000. If there
was a 4:1 ratio of African American
viewers to White viewers, how many
African Americans watched the
speech?
Civil Rights
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Unknown. (1963). March on Washington, August 28, 1963.. Library of Congress: America's Library, Jump Back in Time
March organizers A. Philip Randolph and
Bayard Rustin had planned a similar march
22 years earlier to protest segregation in the
armed forces, but the event was cancelled
after the passage of the Fair Employment
Act in 1941.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/mss/eadxmlmss/eadpdfmss/2005/ms005004.pdf
Answer: 200,000
Civil Rights
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Unknown. (1967). [Martin Luther King Jr., three head-and-shoulders portraits, facing left]. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs
Martin Luther King made his famous
speech in 1963. How many years have
passed since this speech?
Walcott, M.P. (1939). Domestic servants waiting for the streetcar on their way to work early in the morning in Atlanta, Georgia, 1939.. Library of
Congress: America's Library, Jump Back in Time
Civil Rights
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Unknown. (1967). [Martin Luther King Jr., three head-and-shoulders portraits, facing left]. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs
Martin Luther King became the youngest person
ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
http://www.loc.gov/shop/index.php?action=cCatalog.showItem&cid=14&scid=185&iid=3151
Answer: 44 years
Walcott, M.P. (1939). Domestic servants waiting for the streetcar on their way to work early in the morning in Atlanta, Georgia, 1939.. Library of
Congress: America's Library, Jump Back in Time
Civil Rights
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Rosa Parks was 42 years old when she
refused to give up her seat on a bus to a
white man in Montgomery, Alabama. Eight
years later, in 1963, Martin Luther King
gave his famous speech. Use the dates
listed to find the year Rosa Parks was born.
United Press Association. (1956). [Rosa Parks, three-quarter length portrait, seated toward front of bus, facing right, Montgomery, Alabama]. Library of
Congress: Prints & Photographs
Civil Rights
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott, which
followed Parks’ incident, lasted over a year
until the Supreme Court ruled in favor of
the Boycotters in November 1956
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/activists/king/bus_3
Answer: 1913
United Press Association. (1956). [Rosa Parks, three-quarter length portrait, seated toward front of bus, facing right, Montgomery, Alabama]. Library of
Congress: Prints & Photographs
Brands
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Idaho's first potatoes
were planted in 1837 by
Presbyterian minister
Henry Spalding. He
developed a 15-acre
potato plot and produced
successful harvests. Give
a dimension (length and
width) of a potato plot
that would give an area
of 15 square acres?
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/branding/index.php
Brands
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The Irish Potato Famine
of the 1840s cut Ireland’s
population in half from
widespread starvation
and migration.
Answer example:
3 acres x 5 acres
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/branding/index.php
Brands
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In 1870, Luther and Eliza Tibbets planted three
“navel” orange trees. Today,
more than 6,000 citrus growers
make up the Sunkist
Cooperative. If two thirds
of the growers grow oranges,
and half of the oranges grown
are navels, how many citrus
growers have navel oranges?
California Fruit Growers Exchange. (ca.1910s). Recipes for Dainty Dishes: Culinary, Toilet, and Medicinal Hints. Library of
Congress: American Memory, Emergence of Advertising in America, 1850-1920: Selections from the Collections of Duke University
Brands
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By 1910, the Tibbets’ trees
had turned into a very profitable
business: at least 100,000 acres
of orange groves existed in the
state with profits reaching over
$200 million.
http://www.eee.org/bus/nos/history.htm
Answer: 2,000 navels
California Fruit Growers Exchange. (ca.1910s). Recipes for Dainty Dishes: Culinary, Toilet, and Medicinal Hints. Library of
Congress: American Memory, Emergence of Advertising in America, 1850-1920: Selections from the Collections of Duke University
Brands
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Milton Hershey was born in 1857. His interest in
coating caramels with chocolate resulted in the
birth of the Hershey Chocolate Co. in 1894.
Today, Hershey's produces more than 1 billion
pounds of chocolate products each year. If the
Hershey company must spend $24,000 on milk,
$6,000 on sugar, and $20,000 on cocoa to make
1 billion pounds of chocolate, how much did
they have to spend per pound for ingredients?
Hershey's Milk Chocolate. (n.d.). Hershey's Sweet Milk Chocolate. Library of Congress: American Memory, Emergence of Advertising in America, 1850-1920:
Selections from the Collections of Duke University
Brands
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Milton Hershey apprenticed for a printer before
eventually working at a candy shop. He opened
his own candy store in 1876.
(http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/branding/popup.php?state=pa2)
Answer: 0.00005 cents
Hershey's Milk Chocolate. (n.d.). Hershey's Sweet Milk Chocolate. Library of Congress: American Memory, Emergence of Advertising in America, 1850-1920:
Selections from the Collections of Duke University
Brands
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In 1886, Atlanta physician and
chemist Dr. John Stith Pemberton
developed a nerve tonic called
"Pemberton's French Wine Cola”,
which was the start of Coca-Cola.
In 1886, about nine drinks were
sold each day. Today's daily sales
number 450 million. How many
Coca-Cola drinks are sold
in one year today?
Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc. (1953). Steiner Plastics, Oyster Bay. Coca Cola sign.. Library of
Congress: American Memory, Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America: Photographs by
Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner, 1935-1955
Brands
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The First Newspaper
advertisements for
Coca-Cola appeared
in 1906.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ccmphtml/colahist.html
Answer: 164,250,000,000
Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc. (1953). Steiner Plastics, Oyster Bay. Coca Cola sign.. Library of
Congress: American Memory, Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America: Photographs by
Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner, 1935-1955
Brands
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In the early 1900s, Edwin Perkins enjoyed
studying chemistry and inventions. He
experimented with methods to remove the liquid
from a concentrated drink mix called Fruit
Smack. The resulting powder was repackaged
under the name "Kool-Ade," and later changed
to "Kool-Aid.” More than 563 million gallons
are consumed in a year. How many gallons are
consumed in a day?
Jones, S. (1978). Meal, Ninety-Six Ranch [35mm slide]. Library of Congress: American Memory, Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern
Nevada, 1945-1982
Brands
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Kool-Aid got its start in Hastings, Nebraska.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/branding/index.php
Answer: 1542465.75
Jones, S. (1978). Meal, Ninety-Six Ranch [35mm slide]. Library of Congress: American Memory, Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern
Nevada, 1945-1982
Labor $100
If a child received a weekly
wage of 75 cents, how
much money would they
receive after 5 weeks?
Unknown. (n.d.). Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills and Spinning Room. Library of Congress: Exhibitions, American Treasures of the
Library of Congress
Labor $100
The National Child Labor Committee
campaigned for tougher state and federal
laws against the abuses of industrial child
labor, and Lewis Hine was its greatest
publicist during the 1910s.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm032.html
Answer: $3.75
Unknown. (n.d.). Interior of Magnolia (Miss.) Cotton Mills and Spinning Room. Library of Congress: Exhibitions, American Treasures of the
Library of Congress
Labor $200
This is the seal of the National
Women’s Trade Union League
of 1903. On the seal are the
words “The Eight-Hour Day. A
living wage. To guard the
home.” On weekdays, a woman
might work 8 hours a day in
the industry, then 4 hours a day
for her family. On weekends
she worked 6 hours a day
around the house. How many
hours a week would she
spend working?
Wendt, J.B. (1903). National Women's Trade Union Seal.. Library of
Congress: Exhibitions, American Treasures of the Library of Congress
Labor $200
The seal was added to the national
office's letterhead, became
“increasingly popular with all the
Local leagues on all their
publications,” was fashioned into
a pin, and -most satisfying of all was reproduced and framed at
Samuel Gompers's request to hang
in his presidential office at the
headquarters of the American
Federation of Labor in
Washington, D.C.
Answer: 232
Wendt, J.B. (1903). National Women's Trade Union Seal.. Library of
Congress: Exhibitions, American Treasures of the Library of Congress
Labor $300
Members of minority groups such as this
Chinese man were forced to migrate
from one temporary, low-paying job to
the next. Some workers had to support
their families on as little as $1.50 a week.
Today’s minimum wage in Virginia is
$5.15 an hour. If this man were to work
40 hours a week, what is the minimum
that his employer should pay him?
Rothstein, A. (1936). Chinese laborer in potato field. Walla Walla, Washington. Library of Congress: American Memory, America from the Great
Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA and OWI, ca. 1935-1945
Labor $300
Some states enacted laws “to protect…from conditions detrimental
to their health and morals, resulting from wages which are
inadequate to maintain decent standards of living”. Most laws
targeted women, children and later immigrants. In 1937 the U.S.
Supreme Court decided that minimum wage laws were
constitutional in WEST COAST HOTEL CO. V. PARRISH , 300 U.S. 379.
http://memory.loc.gov/am
mem/awhhtml/awlaw3/pr
otective.html
Answer: $206
Rothstein, A. (1936). Chinese laborer in potato field. Walla Walla, Washington. Library of Congress: American Memory, America from the Great
Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA and OWI, ca. 1935-1945
Labor $400
On May 10 1894, 2500 out of 3100 of the
railroad workmen went on strike. What
percent of 3100 workmen went on strike?
Library of Congress. (n.d.). "California as I Saw It": First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900 . Library of
Congress: American Memory, "California as I Saw It": First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900
Labor $400
The Strike of 1894 lasted for over two
months, as it was not fully resolved until
August. http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/riseind/railroad/strike.html
Answer: 81 percent
Library of Congress. (n.d.). "California as I Saw It": First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900 . Library of
Congress: American Memory, "California as I Saw It": First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900
Labor $500
The period from 1894 to 1915 was a period of
change, unrest, and economic uncertainty in
the United States. If a man made $1.00 a week
during this period, how much would he make
from the beginning of 1894 till the end of 1915?
Library of Congress. (n.d.). America at Work. Library of Congress: American
Memory, America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894-1915
Labor $500
While many cities experienced labor strikes during this
period, Chicago in particular was a center of labor activity
with the Chicago City Railway strike of 1903, the Stockyard
strike of 1904, the Garment Workers strike of 1915, and the
Bloomington and Normal Electric Power and Railway strike of
1917, all involving confrontations with police.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/chicago/history.html
Library of Congress. (n.d.). America at Work. Library of Congress: American
Memory, America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894-1915
Answer:
$1092
Inventions
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Daniels, J. T. (1903). First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m., Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,
December 17, 1903. . Library of Congress: Exhibitions, The Dream of Flight
Orville and Wilbur Wright had the first
successful flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
in 1901, with a glider that covered a distance of
389 feet. If there are three feet in a yard, how
many yards did they fly?
Inventions
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Daniels, J. T. (1903). First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m., Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,
December 17, 1903. . Library of Congress: Exhibitions, The Dream of Flight
The Wrights only used three materials, wood,
cloth, and steel, to make their airplane.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/wb-achieve.html
Answer: 129.67 yards.
Inventions
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Orville piloted the first
flight, which lasted just
12 seconds. On the
fourth and final flight
of the day, Wilbur flew
for 57 seconds. How
many more seconds did
they fly the fourth day?
Unknown. (1909). Wilbur and Orville on porch in Dayton, 1909. Library of
Congress: Exhibitions, American Treasures of the Library of Congress
Inventions
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The 1903 machine
contained not only a
200-pound aluminum,
4-cylinder, water-cooled
gasoline engine that the
Wrights had designed
and built, but also two
propellers, all mounted
on a controllable airframe.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/wb-achieve.html
Answer: 45 seconds
Unknown. (1909). Wilbur and Orville on porch in Dayton, 1909. Library of
Congress: Exhibitions, American Treasures of the Library of Congress
Inventions
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It took Thomas Edison
over 2,000 tries to
invent the light bulb.
Afterwards he claimed
that he did not fail 2,000
times, but that he knew
2,000 ways NOT to make
a light bulb. What
percent is 1 of 2,000?
Unknown. (1895). Edison Sitting on the grounds of the New Jersey
and Pennsylvania Concentrating Works; Ogden, NJ; 1895.. Library of
Congress: America's Library, Meet Amazing Americans
Inventions
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Thomas Edison
acquired a total of
1,093 patents
during his life.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edbio.html
Answer: 0.05 %
Unknown. (1895). Edison Sitting on the grounds of the New Jersey
and Pennsylvania Concentrating Works; Ogden, NJ; 1895.. Library of
Congress: America's Library, Meet Amazing Americans
Inventions
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Ice cream cones were invented and sold for
the first time at a fair. If you have $3.50, and
ice cream cones are 30 cents,
how many can you buy?
Vachon, J. (1941). I love my ice cream cone!. Library of Congress: America's Library, Jump Back in Time
Inventions
$400
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/progress/jb_progress_icecream_1_e.html
Answer:
11 cones
Thomas Jefferson once offered a recipe for his
take on vanilla ice cream.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tri034.html
Vachon, J. (1941). I love my ice cream cone!. Library of Congress: America's Library, Jump Back in Time
Inventions
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The Model T Ford can go 45
miles per hour. How many hours
will it take to get to a destination
320 miles away?
Inventions
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When the model T was
first sold in 1908, it cost $950.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul30.html
Answer: 7 hours and 7 minutes
Elections
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Once three-fourths of the states had ratified
the 19th Amendment, women were granted
the right to vote in 1920. In the city of
Springfield, 44 women voted. Orange county
had 5 more than double the female votes that
Springfield had. How many women voted in
Orange County?
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/jazz/19tham_3
Elections
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Between 1880 and 1910, the number of
women employed in the United States
increased from 2.6 million to 7.8 million.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/progress/suffrage/suffrage.html
Answer: 93 votes
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/jazz/19tham_3
Elections
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Electors are people who represent their
state and vote for a president. Depending
on the size of its population states may
have more electoral votes. California has
54 electoral votes while New Mexico has
only five. If a state had three times as
many people as New Mexico, how many
electoral votes would they receive?
Unknown. (1945). Voters at the voting booths in 1945. Library of Congress: America's Library, Jump Back in Time
Elections
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In the early 1800's, the term "electoral college" came into general
usage as the unofficial designation for the group of citizens selected to
cast votes for President and Vice President. It was first written into
Federal law in 1845, and today the term appears in 3 U.S.C. section 4,
in the section heading and in the text as "college of electors."
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/faq.html#history
Answer: 15 votes
Unknown. (1945). Voters at the voting booths in 1945. Library of Congress: America's Library, Jump Back in Time
Elections
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By 1920, World
War I was over,
and America was
ready for a
presidential
election. If
elections happen
every four years,
when did the next
election take place?
Library of Congress. (n.d.). American Leaders Speak Recordings From World War I
And The 1920 Election. Library of Congress: American Memory, American Leaders
Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election
Elections
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President Harding won the
1920 election but died in
office in 1923 before the
next election. V.P. Calvin
Coolidge assumed the
office and won the 1924
election to remain in
office until 1928.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/ccpres02.html
Answer: 1924
Library of Congress. (n.d.). American Leaders Speak Recordings From World War I
And The 1920 Election. Library of Congress: American Memory, American Leaders
Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election
Elections
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If 12 women
voted for every
116 men, write
the ratio of
women to men
in simplest form.
Underwood & Underwood. (1921). Famous G.O.P women
arrive.. Library of Congress: American Memory, American Leaders
Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election
Elections
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Answer: 3 to 29
By 1896, women had
gained the right to
vote in four states
(Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah).
Underwood & Underwood. (1921). Famous G.O.P women
arrive.. Library of Congress: American Memory, American Leaders
Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/progress/suffrage/suffrage.html
Elections
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In 1909, James Cox
represented Ohio in the
house of representatives.
He was the governor of
Ohio when he was nominated
as a candidate for the
presidency by the democratic
party in 1918. How many years
passed between when he
represented Ohio until he was
a candidate for the presidency?
Weeks, L.A. (1920). [James Cox, Governor of
Ohio, half-length portrait, facing left, seated at
desk, reading].. Library of Congress: American
Memory, American Leaders Speak: Recordings
from World War I and the 1920 Election
Elections
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Franklin Roosevelt was
selected as Cox’s running
mate for the 1920 election.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhtml/nfexpe.html
Answer: 9 years
Weeks, L.A. (1920). [James Cox, Governor of
Ohio, half-length portrait, facing left, seated at
desk, reading].. Library of Congress: American
Memory, American Leaders Speak: Recordings
from World War I and the 1920 Election