Students’ Questions about History Page 63

Native American reservations are located on lands that have been set aside by the federal government for the use of Native American tribes.

Rosa Parks met Martin Luther King Jr. in December 1955.

The Native American people are the indigenous people of the United States. They are also known as American Indians.

Native American Heritage Month is celebrated in November.

A Native American is a person who belongs to one of the many indigenous peoples of the Americas. The term “Native American” includes both indigenous peoples of the mainland and of the islands of the Americas.

The Holocaust began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany.

This is a difficult question to answer as the definition of a Holocaust survivor is contested and the number of people who died during the Holocaust is unknown. However, it is estimated that there are fewer than 100,000 Holocaust survivors alive today.

The Holocaust was caused by the Nazis, who were in power in Germany at the time. They believed in a racial hierarchy and that the Jewish people were at the bottom. They decided to exterminate them in an attempt to create a “pure” German race.

Malcolm X was assassinated by Nation of Islam members while giving a speech in New York City.

Malcolm X was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. He was a vocal critic of the civil rights movement, believing that blacks should achieve equality by any means necessary.