Quiztory: Week of May 8
Test your students’ knowledge of the notable events covered in findingDulcinea’s “On This Day” column this week with Quiztory. It makes a fun extra credit assignment.
1. Who succeeded Hitler as president of the Third Reich?
2. Under what law was Margaret Sanger, women’s rights activist and birth control advocate, arrested and prosecuted in 1916?
3. Which ethnic population was largely responsible for building the Central Pacific railroad, and for what reason did this group go on strike in 1867?
4. In what way did farming practices give rise to the Dust Storms of the 1930s?
5. What motivated the Soviets to impose the Berlin Blockade?
What’s Coming Up?
Next week, we’ll examine the Supreme Court’s decision to end segregation and another decision to dissolve Standard Oil. We’ll also take a look at the marriage of Louis XVI to Marie Antoinette, Amelia Earhart’s solo Atlantic flight, Harvey Milk’s alleged killer’s “Twinkie defense” and Cynthia Anne Parker’s kidnapping by the Comanche.
