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Ida B. Wells

  • Game Code: 871911
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    Learn all about black historical figure, Ida B. Wells
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  • What did Ida B. Wells fight to accomplish?
    Equal rights for black people
    Equal rights for gay people
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  • What happened to Ida B. Wells' parents?
    They died from Yellow Fever
    They died from COVID
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  • What inspired Ida B. Wells to become an activist for black people?
    She was yelled at for wearing a beautiful dress
    She was thrown off the women's car
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  • What national organization did Ida B. Wells help to create?
    NAACP - National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People
    BLM - Black Lives Matter
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  • What was Ida B. Wells first job?
    She was a teacher
    She was a librarian
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  • Why did a white mob burn down her printing press?
    Because they didn't like that it was open on the weekends
    Because she printed an article about anti-lynching
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  • Ida B. Wells was a suffragist... what is a suffragist?
    Fighting for gay rights
    Fighting for the right for women to vote
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  • Why were Ida B. Well's three black friends lynched?
    Because they wore nice shoes
    Because they owned a successful grocery store
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  • Did Ida B. Wells stop writing about lynching when the mob burned her press down?
    yes
    no
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  • Was Ida B. Wells intimidated by people that wanted to stop her work?
    yes
    no
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  • Why was Ida B. Wells thrown off the Women's train car?
    because she wasn't pretty
    because she was black
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  • Why did Ida raise her siblings?
    She wanted to play games with them
    She wanted to keep them together after her parents died
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