Obama's family Flashcards
1
Q
Place and date of birth
A
Hawaii in 1961
2
Q
Grand father served in…
A
WW2
3
Q
Great uncle helped liberate…
A
Buchenwald
4
Q
Father
A
- Barack H Obama
- Kenyan student in exchange at Hawaii University
- visited Barack in Hawaii when he was 10
5
Q
In 2011 trip to…
A
Ireland to meet his family
6
Q
Mother
A
- Ann Dunham
- a white American from Kansas
- major role in shaping his worldview: 1960s liberal
- taught him about the heroes of the Civil Rights movement
- necessity of always acting for the downtrodden
7
Q
Indonesia
A
- Ann moved to Indonesia with her second husband Lolo Soetero
- Maya
- left Indonesia when Barack was 10
- wanted Barack to study in a prestigious American school, he lived with his grand parents in Hawaii for a while
8
Q
First trip to Kenya
A
- 1987
9
Q
Michelle Obama
A
- Michelle Robinson
- marriage in 1992
- Ivy-League educated lawyer
- worked for the city of Chicago and then University of Chicago
