Black History Month Review

Who was the first African American to become the President of the United States?

• George Washington Carver

• Barack Obama

• Malcom X

__________ was the first African American to play professional baseball.

• Jackie Robinson

• Matthew Alexander Henson

• Jesse Owens

Who is known as the "Plant Doctor" and is responsible for creating over 300 products from peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes?

• Nelson Mandela

• Dr. Charles R. Drew

• George Washington Carver

__________ escaped slavery and traveled north to freedom. She also helped hundreds of slaves escape slavery using the Underground Railroad.

• Rosa Parks

• Ruby Bridges

• Harriet Tubman

__________ was the first African American child to attend an "all-white" school in the South.

• Maya Angelou

• Oprah Winfrey

• Ruby Bridges

Who invented the steam engine lubricator that changed railway transportation? His inventions are the basis of the expression "the Real McCoy" which means "the real thing."

• Elijah McCoy

• Booker T. Washington

• Frederick Douglass

__________ founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Tuskegee, AL.

• Booker T. Washington

• Dr. Charles R. Drew

• Jackie Robinson

__________ was a preacher from Atlanta, GA. He was a peaceful civil rights activist and is known for his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

• Nelson Mandela

• Malcolm X

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Who devoted their life to fight against slavery and worked personally with Abraham Lincoln to help end slavery in the U.S.?

• Frederick Douglass

• Thurgood Marshall

• Malcom X

__________ was an explorer and one of the first people to reach the North Pole.

• Dr. Charles R. Drew

• Matthew Alexander Henson

• George Washington Carver