History Trivia Bowl Study Questions 1

With whom did the the term "Black Power originate?

• Richard Wright

• Sojourner Truth

• Samuel Proctor

• Rosa Parks

Who started the first black church in Vermont?

• Richard Wright

• Rodney S. Patterson

• Rosa Parks

• Samuel Procotor

Who was the first African American woman admitted to the Kentucky Bar?

• Richard Wright

• Rosa Parks

• Sally J Seals Wright

• Samuel Proctor

What was the original reason for establishing the Black Panther Party?

• Self Defense

• Sharecropping

• Slaves

• to stage sit ins

The black cowboys that came with the white landowners who settled in Texas were usually what class of people?

• sharecroppers

• slaves

• cotton pickers

• waitress

Who was the fourth chairman of the student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee?

• Stokely Carmichael

• Sojourner Truth

• Sierra Leone

• Rosa Parks

What was the first southern city to integrate all of their public facilities?

• San Antonio, Texas

• Petersburg, Virginia

• Charlotte, North Carolina

• Atlanta, Georgia

What Black American was the Associate Director of the Peace Corps?

• Rodney S Patterson

• Richard Wright

• Rosa Parks

• Samuel Proctor

What ancient statue in Egypt has the head of a human and the body of a lion?

• Sphinx

• Toscano of Venus

• Mona Lisa

• Statue of Liberty

What orator delivered a powerful anti-slavery speech in 1851 at a convention on women's rights in Akron, Ohio?

• Rosa Parks

• Richard Wright

• Sojourner Truth

• Sally J. Seals White