Barack Obama

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In what year did Barack's father die in an automobile accident?

1982 when his son was only 21

Barack graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in what year?

1983

Barack entered Harvard Law School in the fall of what year?

1988

In mid 1988 Obama, traveled to Europe for how many weeks?

3

How many terms did Barack represent the 13th District in the Illinois Senate?

3 terms

In 1985, Obama was among the leaders of May Day efforts to bring attention to the New York City Subway system, and was photographed at the City College subway station holding what?

A sign protesting the systems condition

What date was Barack Obama born?

August 4, 1961

In 1981, where did he transfer to as a union.

Columbia College, Columbia University in New York City

Obama is a graduate of what universities?

Columbia University and Harvard Law School

What was Obama hired as in Chicago 2 years after graduating.

Director of the Developing Communities Project

On what date were Obama's parents married?

February 2, 1961

Barack Obama was the first President to have been born in what state?

Hawaii

Before he earned his law degree, what did Barack Obama do?

He was a community organizer in Chicago.

Barack visited Kenya in 1992 with whom?

His fiancée Michelle and half sister Auma.

Obama returned to Honolulu in 1971 to live with whom?

His grandparents Madelyn and Stanley Dunham.

Where was Barack Obama born?

Honolulu, Hawaii

Where did Barack Obama travel to in mid-1981?

Indonesia to visit his mother and half sister Maya.

After high school, where did Barack Obama move to in 1979 to attend Occidental College?

Los Angeles

When did his parents divorce?

March, 1964

Obama worked as a community organizer from June 1985 to what date?

May 1988

Barack Obama was re-elected president in November 2012, defeating what Republican nominee?

Mitt Romney

What did Obama's mother die of?

Ovarian cancer and uterine cancer.

At Columbia, what did he major in?

Political Science

Barack Hussein Obama II is the first African American man to hold the office of what?

President of the United States of America

In February 1981, Barack Obama made his first what?

Public Speech

With the aid of a scholarship, which school did Obama attend.

Punahou School. A college predator school.

Where did Obama's parents meet in 1960?

Russian class at the university of of Hawaii at Maui.

What was Barack Obama's mother name?

Stanley Ann Dunham

What did Obama become chairman of in January 2003.

The Illinois Senate's Health and Human Services Committee.

What did Barack Obama win in 2009?

The Nobel Peace Prize

In 2000, what did Obama unsuccessfully run for?

The United States House of Representatives

From 1992 to 2004, Barack worked as a civil rights attorney and taught constitutional law where?

University of Chicago Law School

Where were Barack Obama's parents married?

Waikiki on Maui

Where was Barack Obamas mother born?

Wichita, Kansas


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