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The Tuskegee Airmen were the first Black American
College graduates.
Military pilots.
Navy Soldiers.
Marines.
In which war did the Tuskegee Airmen serve?
Civil War
World War I.
World War II.
Vietnam War
During World II, the US military was
Segregated.
Integrated.
Only open to white Americans.
Nonexistent.
Who founded the Tuskegee Institute?
W.E.B. Du Bois.
Booker T. Washington.
Georg Washington Carver.
Thomas Edison.
Which event propelled the United States into World War II?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor.
The bombing of Hiroshima.
Hitler's invasion of Poland.
The discovery of German spies in America.
What a nickname was given to the Tuskegee Airmen and other Black pilots in World War II?
Blue Wings.
Green Belts.
X-Wings.
Red Tail.
What were the Tuskegee Airmen known for?
Escorting bomber planes.
Bombing enemy submarines.
Circling the globe.
Sneaking into enemy camps.
About how many pilots graduated from the Tuskegee program?
10
100
1,000
10,000
What was the hypocrisy pointed out by civil rights leaders regarding the Tuskegee program?
Black people weren't treated as equals in the US, but were expected to defend America's democratic ideals overseas.
Black men were now allowed to serve as Air Corps pilots, but Black women were still barred from joining the military at all.
Black troops were being sent to Europe, but not Asia.
Black pilots were being treated with ore respect than other military personnel, but all troops should be treated equally
True or False: Some Tuskegee Airmen went on to have long careers in the military.
True
False
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