Black History Month Open Book Test

Rights of all citizens to be treated equally under the law (pg. 186)

• civil rights

• segregated

• cause

• activist

Which word means separated? (pg. 186)

• civil rights

• segregated

• activists

• cause

In 1967, first African American Supreme Court Justice was _________. (pg. 187)

• Mary Bethune

• Harriet Tubman

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

In 1954, all 9 Supreme Court justices voted to end school segregation. This court case is known as ____________. (pg. 186)

• Thurgood Marshall

• Linda Brown

• Equal rights

• Brown vs. Board of Education

Something that people feel strongly about (pg. 192)

• cause

• segregated

• activitist

• civil rights

__________ created an organization for African American women so they can have better housing, better working conditions, and a better education. (Pg. 193)

• Rosa Parks

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Harriet Tubman

• Ruby Bridges

Someone who works hard to make a change happen (pg. 232)

• cause

• civil rights

• segregated

• activist

________ became famous for speaking out against slavery. He also printed his own newspaper to spread the word that African Americans should be free. (pg. 232)

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Benjamin Banneker

__________ escaped slavery and freed more than 300 slaves. She risked her own freedom and her life to help others escape from slavery. (pg. 232)

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Benjamin Banneker

_______________ became a leader in the fight for equal rights for African Americans. He led thousands of people in a march and delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. (pg. 232)

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Benjamin Banneker