Presidential/African American/Heart History Facts

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  1. 4. Name the US President who died in February
  2. 6. Which African American physician developed the HEART Program (Helping Everyone Assess Risk Today) to screen churches and community groups for heart disease and stroke risk?
  3. 8. Which President is Number 22 and 24?
  4. 11. Which President died in the month of February?
  5. 13. What annual month observance in Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It began as a way for remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora?
  6. 15. How many US Presidents suffer(ed) from heart disease related health challenges?
  7. 17. This champion of women's health, poet, dancer, author, died at 86 from complications of heart disease.
  8. 19. He suffered an heart attack in his home in Stamford Connecticut at the age of 53 after achieving 137 home runs, 734 RBI(s) and a batting average of .311
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  1. 1. This month highlights heart disease awareness, honors US Presidents, celebrates the legacy of African American contributions and culture, and is all about LOVE.
  2. 2. This disease kills more than 600,000 people.
  3. 3. This American lawyer, serving as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States also died of congestive heart failure.
  4. 5. Which African American physician was one of the first to perform successful open-heart surgery, operating on the pericardium to repair a stab wound to the chest?
  5. 7. This African American woman was Stanford University’s Dean over Diversity and Leadership for Stanford’s School of Medicine, and professor of Cardiovascular Medicine.
  6. 9. What day was originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, and became a popular holiday after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, as a means of creating more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers?
  7. 10. Which African American physician achieved 3 historic 1st enrolling in a segregated medical school in the south, becoming a resident at Baylor, and elected as the president of the National Medical Association?
  8. 12. How many US Presidents were born in February?
  9. 14. This term commonly used to describe the mass dispersion of peoples from Africa during the Transatlantic Slave Trades, from the 1500s to the 1800s.
  10. 16. What is the most common form of Heart Disease?
  11. 18. What is the total number of terms all 45 US Presidents have collectively served?
  12. 20. Which President's Executive order established the Uniform Monday Holiday Act in 1971 federalizing President’s Day?