Black History Month

Who was Frederick Douglass?

• Inventor

• a slave

• a judge

• a scientist

How did Frederick Douglass learn to read?

• He traded food to the poor kids so they would teach him the alphabet

• He read many books

• His mother taught him

• His teacher taught him

What does the word abolition mean?

• to be free

• to end slavery

• to go up north

• to leave the country

Where did Frederick escape to?

• to the South

• to the East

• to the West

• to the North

What was the secret routes slaves used to escape?

• Slavery System

• The North Star

• Underground Railroad

• Going North

How did Frederick Douglass help with the anti-slavery movement?

• He fought in the Civil War

• He gave speeches, wrote an autobiography, and founded a newspaper that was against slavery

• He saved 5,000 slaves

• He escaped to Australia

True or false:

Frederick Douglass served as President Lincoln's advisor and convinced him to allow black soldiers to fight in the Civil War.

• True

• False

True or false:

Douglass is called the "Father of the Civil Rights Movement"

• True

• False

Who was George Washington Carver?

• An African-American doctor

• An African-American inventor

• An African-American soldier

• An African-American astronomer

True or False:

George Washington Carver was NOT born a slave.

• True

• False