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Grade 1 Civil Rights
Who was the first brave African American girl who went to an all white school by herself?
  1. Jenny Bridges
  2. Suzie Bridges
  3. Ruby Bridges
Grade 1 Colonial Period
What is an "apprentice"?
  1. Someone who is sold as a slave.
  2. Someone who goes to live in a new land.
  3. Someone who has a large farm.
  4. Someone who learns the skills of a trade from a master artisan.
Grade 1 Colonial Period
Children were always sent to school.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 1 The Frontier
When he was young, Daniel Boone helped the British by driving a wagon full of army supplies during the French & Indian War.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 1 Colonial Period
What is one way Squanto helped the Pilgrims?
  1. He taught them how to make clothes.
  2. He showed them how to plant corn with a fish.
  3. He showed them how hook up their TVs.
Grade 1 Colonial Period
What was the name the Pilgrims gave their settlement?
  1. Pocahontas
  2. Pike's Peak
  3. Plymouth Plantation
  4. Pretty Plantation
Grade 1 Colonial Period
Why did the Pilgrims decide to have a feast?
  1. To help eat leftover food.
  2. To show the Indians that they didn't need help.
  3. To thank God for helping them survive.
Grade 1 Civil Rights
Why did Rosa Parks go to jail?
Grade 1 Pre-Colonial Period
Who was the man that helped found the settlement at Roanoke Island?
  1. King George
  2. Sir Walter Raleigh
  3. Queen Isabella
  4. Christopher Columbus
Grade 1 Colonial Period
What is the name of the document the Pilgrims and settlers signed before they landed their ship?
  1. Mayflower Compact
  2. Constitution
  3. Pledge of Allegiance
  4. The Lord's Prayer
Grade 1 Pre-Colonial Period
What were the Iroquois' "Three Sisters"?
  1. Three days of their week.
  2. Three main crops- corn, beans and squash.
  3. The three peaceful tribes.
  4. The three languages they spoke.
Grade 1 Civil Rights
What part of the bus were blacks supposed to sit in?
  1. the front
  2. the middle
  3. the back
Grade 1 Colonial Period
How did the Puritans get their name?
  1. They wanted to drink clean, pure water.
  2. They wanted to make the Church of England "pure".
  3. They wanted to find pure gold.
  4. They wanted to live "pure" lives.
Grade 1 Colonial Period
Mark all of the things the friendly Native Americans taught the Pilgrims.
  1. Plant corn with fish as fertilizer.
  2. How to make better guns.
  3. Which wild plants they could use for food or medicine.
  4. Where to find gold.
Grade 1 Pre-Colonial Period
Lacrosse was a popular game played by the Iroquois.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 1 Colonial Period
The Pilgrim's first winter in America was easy.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 1 Civil Rights
What is the name of Martin Luther King's most famous speech?
Grade 1 Pre-Colonial Period
What were the "inukshuk" that Inuit people made?
  1. A pile of stones stacked up to mark an important place.
  2. A type of sled.
  3. A carved tool.
  4. A new language everyone could understand.
Grade 1 The Presidents
President Obama has how many children?
  1. 2 boys
  2. 2 girls
  3. 1 boy, 1 girl
  4. 4 girls
Grade 1 Colonial Period
What is an indentured servant?
  1. Someone who is a slave.
  2. Someone who will work for a number of years without getting paid before they are freed.
  3. Someone who works really hard as a servant.
  4. Someone who is in charge of servants.
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