USA HISTORY

CONTEMPORARY AMERICA (1992 2013)

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

[SOURCES]
In what state(s) did Barack Obama spend his childhood?

(A) New Jersey

(B) Tennessee

(C) ** Hawaii

(D) California / Hawaii

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Obama spent most of his childhood years in Honolulu, where his mother attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Obama started a close relationship with his maternal grandparents. In 1965, his mother remarried to Lolo Soetoro from Indonesia.

Concept note-2: -HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow)-Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama are in Hawaii and enjoying some local eats. The Obamas dined at Island Vintage Wine Bar at the Royal Hawaiian Center on Sunday night. They were joined by Obama’s sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, her family, and friend Bobby Titcomb.

Concept note-3: -Former president Barack Obama grew up on King St in Honolulu.

Concept note-4: -With a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas, President Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961.