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Mary McLeod Bethune Study Guide
Authority- the right and power to lead
Debate Team- a team that competes by making arguments for or
against an idea
Depression- a time when many people lose jobs and companies go
out of business
Diligence- hard work over a long time
Justice- equal treatment under the law
Missionary- a person who helps people while teaching them about a
religion
Respect for and acceptance of authority- believing leaders have
the right to lead
Segregation- a system of keeping people of different races
separate
Volunteer- a person who helps people or groups without pay
Entrepreneur- a person who starts their own business
1. Mary’s school for African American girls was so popular that it
eventually it became a college .
2. Mary raised money for her school by having families hold dinners
and riding her bike over miles asking churches and clubs for
money .
3. How much money did Mary have to start her school? $1.50
4. After Mary was turned down as a missionary to Africa, she
went to the Haines Institute in which state? Georgia
5. Why do we remember Mary today? She started a school for
African American girls and helped African Americans get jobs.
6. Mary was selected to go to a fancy school in North Carolina
called Scotia Seminary School.
7. Her school in Daytona Beach, Florida was for African American
girls.
8. As the US went to war in 1941, the NYA did what? Had training
to help African Americans get high paying factory jobs, such
as, making equipment for the war
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9. President Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover asked Bethune to
come to meetings with leaders who wanted to help children in the
1920’s.
10. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt asked Mary to work for the
NYA to help create jobs for African Americans .
11. Mary traveled to get an education and became a teacher. How
did she this change her life? She was able to help many people!
12. Why was equal education important to Mary? In her town,
African Americans could not go to public schools