Famous African Americans

What African American woman refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger?

• Frederick Douglass

• Rosa Parks

• Harriet Tubman

• Ruby Bridges

________________ was known as the "Moses" of her people.

• Harriet Tubman

• Ruby Bridges

• Bessie Coleman

• Amelia Earhart

______________ wrote three books about being a slave and started a newspaper, and he was an abolitionist who fought against slavery.

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• George Washington Carver

• Frederick Douglass

• Jesse Owens

____________ was a track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics.

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• George Washington Carver

• Jesse Owens

• Frederick Douglass

______________ was an African American scientist and inventor, also known as "the plant doctor" and "the peanut man".

• George Washington Carver

• Thurgood Marshall

• Jesse Owens

• Barack Obama

Harriet Tubman spent her entire life helping others. She was a suffragist, abolitionist, Union Spy, and a _____________.

• doctor

• soldier

• teacher

• nurse

________________ became the first African- American Supreme Court Justice.

• George Washington Carver

• Thurgood Marshall

• Jackie Robinson

• Martin Luther King Jr.

Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat on the bus led to a bus ________________ that lasted over a year.

• boycott

• fair

• crash

• fire

The underground railroad was a secret system which was used to help slaves escape to freedom.

• True

• False

George Washington Carver found over 300 uses for _____________.

• apples

• oranges

• soybeans

• peanuts