Black American History Quiz

In which century did British settlers begin selling slaves in America?

• 15th

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

What were the farms called that slaves were forced to work on?

• Plantoons

• Plantations

• Pluto

• Platoons

Who won the presidency in 1860 promising to ban slavery?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Andrew Johnson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Lincoln Abraham

Who were the two sides in the American Civil War?

• Union vs. Confederacy

• Canda vs. US

• England vs. US

• France vs. US

Which side wanted slavery to continue?

• Union

• Confederacy

• USA

• England

In which year was slavery made illegal?

• 1965

• 1864

• 1865

• 1765

What was the period of 1877-1964 like for black Americans? Which laws were in place?

• Jim Crow laws where white Americans fought to take away the newly-won rights of black Americans

• Sheryl Crow laws where white Americans fought to take away the newly-won rights of black Americans

What did the civil rights movement aim to do?

• End segregation.

• To help African Americans gain equal rights under the law.

• March to Washington

• It was a social revolution

What did abolitionists want?

• They wanted to end the Civil War.

• They wanted to end slavery.

• They wanted to end segregation.

• They wanted to end Civil Rights.

This text declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

• Emancipation Declaration

• Civil Rights Act