African American History of the United States

During the 50s and 60s who led marches and gave speeches to change unfair laws?

• Jackie Robinson

• Jesse Owens

• Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King

• Booker T. Washington

Who refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus?

• Katherine Johnson

• Harriet Tubman

• Mae Jemison

• Rosa Parks

George Washington Carver discovered a way to use what food for many different purposes?

• peanuts

• ice cream

• bacon

• apples

What sport did Jackie Robinson play?

• basketball

• baseball

• hockey

• football

Who was the first African American president of the United States?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Barack Obama

• Booker T. Washington

• Ruby Bridges

Who knew slavery was wrong so she helped people escape it through the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Tubman

• Rosa Parks

• Katherine Johnson

• Jackie Robinson

What 1st grader didn't show fear when people asked her to leave school?

• Harriet Tubman

• Katherine Johnson

• Mae Jemison

• Ruby Bridges

Who was the president who signed a document that ended the Civil War and made slavery illegal?

• Barack Obama

• Booker T. Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington Carver

Which famous African American worked for NASA and helped put the first Americans in space and on the moon?

• Rosa Parks

• Ruby Bridges

• Katherine Johnson

• Mae Jemison

Thurgood Marshall was the first African American ___________.

• President

• Supreme Court Justice

• Olympian

• Baseball Player