5th Grade Black History Month Quizizz Bowl

Who is considered the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"?

• Oprah Winfrey
• Harriet Tubman
• Rosa Parks
• Martin Luther King Jr.

What were the laws imposed by the South to suppress black citizens?

• Anti-Black Laws
• Jim Crow Laws
• Ante-Bellum Laws
• White Laws

Where did Martin Luther King give his famous "I have a Dream" speech?

• Las Vegas, California
• New York, New York
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Washington, D.C.

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• Prohibiting any non-white from voting
• Prohibiting racial discrimination when it comes to voting
• The right to vote at 16
• The right to vote when you are a criminal

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?

• The 11th Amendment
• The 12th Amendment
• The 13th Amendment
• The Bill of Rights

Who is the first African American U.S. President?

• Barack Obama
• George Bush
• Mark Twain
• Franklin Roosevelt

Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation? 

• Thomas Jefferson
•  Alexander Hamilton
• George Washington
• Abraham Lincoln

Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?

• Condoleezza Rice
•  Colin Powell 
• Thurgood Marshall
• Ralph J. Bunche

Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

• Martin Luther King Jr.
• George Washington Carver
• Thurgood Marshall
• Ralph J. Bunche 

Who was the first African American to successfully perform open heart surgery?

• Ben Carson
• Charles Drew 
• James McCune Smith
• Daniel Hale Williams