Ohio American History Review

What African-American woman made history when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man?

• Rosa Parks

• Aretha Franklin

• Wilma Rudolph

• Oprah Winfrey

Who is the only African-American honored by a national holiday and gave a famous speech "I Have A Dream" during the March on Washington?

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Barack Obama

• Reverend Jesse Jackson

• Muhammad Ali

In 2009, he became the first Black United States President

• Barack Obama

• Nelson Mandela

• Martin Luther King

• Thurgood Marshall

Who was Ruby Bridges?

• She helped start the underground railroad  

• Famous singer that performed with Micheal Jackson

•  is an American activist known for being the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana during the 20th century.

Which BEST explains the idea of Manifest Destiny.

• The idea Americans had that it was their right to claim lands from coast to coast.

• It is a person's right to go to California in search of gold.

• It is the destiny of Americans that slavery will be illegal.

Wyandot may have been the first historic cultural group to settle in Ohio Country. They were also called the Huron.

• True

• False

List Ohio's six historic cultural groups. (Example: Wyandot) Spelling will not count.

Who was the first European explorer to reach Ohio?

• Christopher Columbus

• René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle

• John Cabot

• Ferdinand Magellan

Which Native American tribe was primarily located in the Ohio region before European settlement?

• Cherokee

• Iroquois

• Shawnee

• Apache

What was the primary purpose of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

• To establish a government for the Northwest Territory

• To declare war on Britain

• To abolish slavery in the United States

• To create the state of Ohio