Black History Month Review

How did slaves get extra food to eat?

• They grew crops in the master's fields

• They fished for food

• They kept cattle in the master's barns

Which statement about the Tuskegee Airmen is correct?

• The Tuskegee Airmen were the first female military pilots

• The Tuskegee Airmen were the first black military pilots

• The Tuskegee Airmen were the first white military pilots

The Tuskegee Airmen...

• opened the door for black and white soldiers to serve together in the military

• couldn't handle complex combat planes

• were trained in Washington, D.C.

• became one of the most respected fighter groups of World War II

was a network of people who helped slaves escapte to the North.

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)   was the first president of Tuskegee Institute.​

• Booker T. Washington
• Malcolm X
• Carter G. Woodson
• Frederick Douglass
• Martin Luther King, Jr

Match the following

• Booker T. Washington

• 
• Thurgood Marshall

• 
• Frederick Douglass

• 
• Carter G. Woodson

• 
• Malcolm X

• 

What did Linda Brown's father do when she was not allowed in school?

• fixed up the all-black school

• made sure all of the schools were equal

• took the case to the Supreme Court and won his case

• Moved to another state

Segregated black schools are...

• just as good as white schools

• not as good as white schools

• equal to white schools

• a good idea

It took many years for schools to integrate because...

• schools did not have room for more students

• the Supreme Court rule against integration

• people did not want blacks and whites to go to the same schools

• riots broke out at some schools

What didn't Thurgood Marshall do?

• Became a Supreme Court Justice

• Attend the University of Maryland

• Worked as a lawyer in civil rights cases

• fought hard for black people to have the same rights as whites