Question
Answer the following about the first woman of color elected to Congress, Patsy Mink, for 10 points each.
[10e] Mink was the first of this state’s Japanese-American citizens elected to office. Before the US forcibly annexed it, this present-day state was governed as a kingdom under Queen Liliʻuokalani.
ANSWER: Hawaii [or Hawaiʻi]
[10m] Mink was an open supporter of this set of domestic programs established in 1964 and 1965. Among these policies was the “War on Poverty” which helped develop Upward Bound and Head Start.
ANSWER: Great Society
[10h] In 1991, Mink was one of seven congresswomen to march to the Capitol to protest the Senate Judiciary Committee denying this woman the chance to speak about her sexual harassment claims against Clarence Thomas.
ANSWER: Anita Hill [or Anita Faye Hill]
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