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  • 1. 
    Buffalo Bill’s real name was:

  • William Bonnie
  • William Cody
  • William Hickok
  • William Shakespeare

  • 2. 
    Who was the first African American to be depicted on a postage stamp?

  • Barack Obama
  • Arthur Ashe
  • Bill Cosby
  • Booker T. Washington

  • 3. 
    Who was it who praised "common-looking people" as "the best in the world"?

  • Mark Twain
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Winston Churchill

  • 4. 
    What popular dance was named after aviator Charles Lindbergh?

  • the Watusi
  • the Linzer waltz
  • the Lindy Hop
  • the gavotte

  • 5. 
    Where might one find the grave of Pocahontas?

  • Havana, Cuba
  • Gravesend, England
  • Richmond, Virginia
  • Washington, D.C.

  • 6. 
    Which Louisiana politician was nicknamed "Kingfish"?

  • William Jefferson
  • Ray Nagel
  • Mary Landrieu
  • Huey P. Long

  • 7. 
    What was the name of the African American sailor killed in the Boston Massacre?

  • Crispus Attucks
  • Cornelius Vanderbilt
  • Cassius Clay
  • Cyrus McCormick

  • 8. 
    Who was the first African American woman to serve as a U.S. senator?

  • Rita Dove
  • Michelle Obama
  • Carol Moseley Braun
  • Janet Jackson
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