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Politics And Military Flashcards

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What was the first war in which blacks served in every branch of the U.S. armed forces?

A

World War Il

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President Jimmy Carter honored the 761st Tank Battalion, an all black unit, for fighting in what war?

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World War I|

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In May 1941, the 758th Tank Battalion was the first African American tank battalion to fight in which war?

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World War I|

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After his service in what war was Christian County native Elder Watson Diggs instrumental in having the Indiana constitution amended to permit Negro enlistment in the Indiana National Guard?

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World War I

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What war led Colin Powell to conclude that an army should not enter into combat unless it had a clear objective?

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Vietnam

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In 1942, what branch of the U.S. armed forces became the last to admit blacks?

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U.S. Marine Corps

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Inducted into the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Hall of Fame in 2005, Robert Coleman was a veteran of what branch of the U.S. armed services?

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U.S. Air Force

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Many civil rights leaders were opposed to the war in Vietnam for what reason?

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They were distressed over the high rate of casualties among the black troops.

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Before the end of World War I, more than 4,000 black women had enlisted in the Army to serve in support roles. They were known collectively as what?

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the Women”s Army Corps (or WAC)

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Born in Kentucky, Carl Maxie Brashear, the first African American Navy master diver, lost the lower part of his left leg in an accident on what naval ship?

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the USS Hoist

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Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. was the first black general of which branch of the U.S. Armed Forces?

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the U.S. Army

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What was the largest black unit in the Korean War?

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The Twenty-fourth Infantry Regiment

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What black support unit drove supplies by truck to advancing American forces and also performed yeoman service during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944?

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The Red Ball Express

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Dorie Miller, a mess man with the Navy, manned a machine gun without experience and shot down four enemy aircrafts during the attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1942, he was awarded what honor for this heroic action?

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the Navy Cross

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Under the command of Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., the 332nd destroyed 111 planes in the air and 150 on the ground while never losing a single bomber. They were awarded what honor for the service?

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the Distinguished Flying Cross

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What awards did the French government present to the black soldiers and their battalions for bravery and courage?

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the Croix de Guerre, the distinguished French decoration, or Legions of Merit

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During the American Revolution, Black soldiers fought with which two organizations as pilots, gunner”s mates, boatswain”s mates, and manned the coastal galleys?

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the Continental Navy and the Continental Army

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The NAACP pressured President Woodrow Wilson”s administration to establish what officer”s training school for blacks at Fort Dodge, in Des Moines, lowa?

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The Colored Officers”
Training Camp (or COTC)

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What was the only African American military women’s unit to go overseas during World War II?

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the 6888th Postal Unit

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Commissioned in 1943, the first group of black naval officers were known as what?

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the “Golden Thirteen”

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What did Pompey Lamb do to help aid the American Revolutionary War effort?

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Spy

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William H. Carney received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his participation in what war?

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Spanish American War

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Who was the first Black American admiral in the US Navy?

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Samuel L Gravely, Jr.

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During the Civil War, he was the black pilot who sailed a Confederate steamer out of Charleston, South Carolina and delivered it to the Union Navy in 1862.

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Robert Smalls

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Born in Kentucky, who was the first African American to die in World War II, during the bombing of Clark Field in the Philippines?

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Robert H. Brooks

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Who was the only accredited Black American war correspondent in World War I?

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Ralph Waldo Tyler

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The last units of U.S. troops came home from Vietnam in the spring of 1973. Who was the president of the United States at that time?

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President Richard M. Nixon

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Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, was the first black general of the Air Force. He was instrumental in getting what president to end segregation in the armed forces?

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President Harry S. Truman

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What president initially rejected the service of Black slaves in the Union Army during the Civil War?

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President Abraham Lincoln

30
Q

World War Il began in Europe when Adolf Hitler invaded what country in September 1939?

A

Poland

31
Q

Which black soldiers were with General George Washington when he crossed the Delaware River on Christmas Day in 1776?

A

Oliver Cromwell and Prince
Whipple

32
Q

The first African American to die in World War II, Robert H.
Brooks passed for white when joining what reserve military force?

A

National Guard

33
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Who were the first African American women Army officers stationed in Kentucky?

A

Myrtle Anderson and
Margaret Elizabeth Barnes
Jones

34
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Who became the first Black American to hold the rank of major during the Civil War?

A

Martin Delany

35
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What abolitionist became the highest-ranking black of the Civil War when he was commissioned as a field officer?

A

Major Martin R. Delany

36
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In 1967, who became the first African American Kentucky graduate from the United States Air Force Academy?

A

Lt. Col. (Ret.) Thomas Lee
Cunningham

37
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Who formed the all-black Ethiopian regiment in 1775 during the Revolutionary War?

A

Lord Dunmore

38
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A West Point graduate and 25-year veteran of the U.S. Army, who became the first African American general post commander at Fort Knox in 1993?

A

Larry Jordan

39
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During what war did PFC William Thompson receive his
Congressional Medal of Honor?

A

Korean War

40
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Who won the French Legion of Honor award for her work in entertaining the Work War Il allies?

A

Josephine Baker

41
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What Black American sailor won the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Civil War Battle, the Battle of Mobile Bay at Ft. Gaines?

A

John Lawson

42
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Born in Paducah, KY, who was the first African American to receive a regular commission in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1948?

A

John E. Rudder

43
Q

Who was the Confederate president during the Civil War?

A

Jefferson Davis

44
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Nominated by Republican Senator John Sherman Cooper at the age of 19, who was the first African American from Kentucky to be named to West Point Military Academy?

A

James Phillips Holland

45
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Transferred to the 758th Tank Battalion after an incident in which he refused to move to the back of a civilian bus, he was one of the more notable members of the first United States Army armored unit to be made up of African American soldiers.
Name him.

A

Jackie Robinson

46
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Who was the first Black American to graduate from West Point Military Academy and later became an advisor to the U.S. Government?

A

Henry Flipper

47
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Who was the first Black American to attend the US Naval Academy?

A

Henry Conyers

48
Q

What US President ended segregation in the US Armed Forces by issuing an Executive Order?

A

Harry S. Truman

49
Q

Who served as a nurse, scout and spy for the Union Army?

A

Harriet Tubman

50
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Who was responsible for securing equal rights for Black Troops during the Civil War?

A

George T. Downing

51
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Which Union general is credited with burning Atlanta during the Civil War?

A

General William T. Sherman

52
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In 1864 President Lincoln appointed this general as commander in chief of all Union forces. Who was he?

A

General Ulysses S. Grant

53
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Who was the commander in chief of the Confederate Army?

A

General Robert E. Lee

54
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Although it was immediately disbanded, this general formed the First South Carolina Volunteer Regiment for blacks in 1862. Name
him.

A

General David Hunter

55
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What was the name of the fort where Confederate soldiers attacked federal troops on April 12, 1861?

A

Fort Sumter, South Carolina

56
Q

Who was the first Black American woman doctor in the US
Navy?

A

Dr. Donna P. Davis

57
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Who was the first African American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the third highest honor awarded by the US Navy at the time, for bravery shown during the attack on Pearl Harbor?

A

Doris Miller

58
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What African American naval cook shot down four enemy planes during the attack on Pearl Harbor?

A

Dorie Miller

59
Q

Which four states were border states during the Civil War?

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Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri

60
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Who was the first Black American four star general in US military history?

A

Daniel James, Jr.

61
Q

A casualty of the Boston Massacre in 1770, what was the name of the Boston fugitive slave who was called the first martyr of the American Revolution?

A

Crispus Attucks

62
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Who was the first Black American to die in the Revolutionary War?

A

Crispus Attucks

63
Q

During the Korean War, the Navy had 65% of Black soldiers working in the Steward”s Branch where they worked as what?

A

Cooks and waiters

64
Q

In 1863 the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Regiment consisted of free blacks of the North led by what white abolitionist?

A

Colonel Robert Gould Shaw

65
Q

What author of My American Journey commanded the 2nd
Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division stationed at Ft. Campbell, KY in 1976?

A

Colin Powell

66
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To what position was Colin Powell appointed, making him the highest ranking military officer?

A

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

67
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Who was the first African American Master Deep Sea Diver in the U.S. Navy, the only amputee deep-sea diver to attain that level?

A

Carl Maxie Brashear

68
Q

On September 2, 1941 who became the first black officer to fly an aircraft alone?

A

Captain Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.

69
Q

Established by Congress in 1866 as the first peacetime all black regiments in the regular U.S. Army, what soldiers were originally members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas?

A

Buffalo Soldiers

70
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What main parade ground in Fort Knox is named in honor of Robert Brooks, the first African American to die in World War II?

A

Brooks Field

71
Q

In April, 1775, blacks in the military fought alongside their white counterparts in what American Revolution battles?

A

Battles of Lexington and Concord

72
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Peter Salem was a freed slave who fought in many battles of the Revolutionary War. In June 1775 he shot Major John Pitcairn, a British leader, during what battle?

A

Battle of Bunker Hill

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