
Black History Month Knowledge Quiz
Authored by Jessica Alexander
English
9th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first African American president of the United States?
Colin Powell
Barack Obama
Kamala Harris
Jesse Jackson
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Which landmark Supreme Court case declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
Marbury v. Madison
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.7
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.7
CCSS.RI.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Name The Historial Hero.
Hint One: refused to give up her bus seat to a white man even though it was the law.
Hint Two: Called the “the mother of the civil rights movement”
Mae Jamison
Rosa Parks
Betty White
Maya Angelou
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Who was the African American woman who became famous for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus, before Rosa Parks?
Claudette Colvin
Angela Davis
Fannie Lou Hamer
Shirley Chisholm
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Which event is considered the end of slavery in the United States?
The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation
The ratification of the 13th Amendment
The end of the Civil War
The signing of the Declaration of Independence
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Who was known as the "Moses of Her People" for her work with the Underground Railroad?
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Rosa Parks
Ida B. Wells
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What was the primary genre of literature and art during the Harlem Renaissance?
Science Fiction
Jazz and Blues
Classical
Realism
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
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