Women of Gospel and Blues

How were social messages delivered in Black Tradition?

• rumors

• music

• letters

• mouth

Who used secular songs and hymns to promote equality and freedom?

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• Aretha Franklin

• Mamie Smith

Who used songs that contained hidden messages to instruct slaves moving on the Underground Railroad?

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Mamie Smith

• Ma Rainey

Who was the most accomplished gospel singer of the 20th century?

• Aretha Franklin

• Ma Rainey

• Marion Williams

• Harriet Tubman

Who was the gospel singer that played guitar?

Hint: she played individual tones, not chords.

• Memphis Minnie

• Ethel Waters

• Ma Rainey

• Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Who taught blues through aural tradition?

• Ma Rainey

• Sister Rosetta Tharpe

• Mamie Smith

• Bessie Smith

What device taught blues to people in urban and rural situations?

• CD's

• MP3

• Records

• Spotify

Who was the first person, male or female, to use the electric guitar?

• Ma Rainey

• Sister Rosetta Tharpe

• Memphis Minnie

• Aretha Franklin

Who originally wrote the song "Hound Dog?"

• Elvis Presley

• Memphis Minnie

• Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton

• Mamie Smith

Who was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

• "Big Mama" Thornton

• Aretha Franklin

• Billie Holiday

• Ella Fitzgerald