Diversity in Congress

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Who was the first Asian-American in congress? (All questions about congress refer to voting members only, not non-voting delegates). Dalip Singh Saund Hiram Fong Daniel Inouye S.I. Hayakawa

2. More African-Americans were elected to the U.S. senate in the twentieth century than in the nineteenth century. True False

3. Who was the first black woman elected to congress? Shirley Chisholm Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Barbara Jordan Maxine Waters

4. To which political party did the first Latino member of congress belong? Democratic Republican Whig Federalist

5. The first Latina (Hispanic woman) elected to congress represented what state? Arizona California Florida New Mexico

6. What distinction goes to Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin? She was the first African-American congresswoman elected from the south All of these She was the first woman in congress She was the first openly lesbian member of congress

7. Which state had the highest percentage of non-white congresspeople in the twentieth century? New Mexico Hawaii California New York

8. Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado was the first person of Native American ancestry to serve in the U.S. senate. True False

9. What was the first state to be simultaneously represented by two female senators? Maine Washington Kansas California

10. This U.S. senator became the first Jewish American nominated for vice-president by a major political party. Answer: (Democrat of Connecticut)