Carter G. Woodson Quiz

What event did Carter G. Woodson travel to Chicago to participate in 1915?

• The founding of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History

• The 50th anniversary of emancipation

• The publication of the Journal of Negro History

• The abolition of slavery

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What did Carter G. Woodson help to found before leaving Chicago?

• The Coliseum

• The University of Chicago

• The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH)

• The Journal of Negro History

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What significant contribution did Carter G. Woodson make a year after founding the ASNLH?

• He earned his master's degree

• He launched the Journal of Negro History

• He traveled to Washington, D.C.

• He participated in the national celebration of emancipation

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Where was Carter G. Woodson born?

• Chicago, Illinois

• Canton, Ohio

• New Canton, Virginia

• Washington, D.C.

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Which of the following jobs did Carter G. Woodson NOT hold?

• Sharecropper

• Miner

• Teacher

• Coliseum exhibitor

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Who was the second African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard, three years before founding the ASNLH?

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Omega Psi Phi

• Carter G. Woodson

• Booker T. Washington

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What did Carter G. Woodson first turn to in order to promote Negro History and Literature Week in 1924?

• His family

• The U.S. government

• His fraternity, Omega Psi Phi

• The University of Chicago

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Why did Carter G. Woodson believe it was important to teach young African Americans about their heritage and the achievements of their ancestors in the early 20th century?

• To help them get into high school

• Because they were not being taught enough of their own heritage

• To promote his fraternity

• To work in the Philippines

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What did Carter G. Woodson decide the ASNLH should take on the task of promoting?

• The University of Chicago

• Black History Week

• Harvard University

• Berea College

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Why did Woodson choose February for Negro History Week?

• Because it was the month of his own birthday

• Because it contained the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass

• Because it was the month of the Emancipation Proclamation

• Because it was the end of the Civil War

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