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

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

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

Where was Carter G. Woodson born?

• Chicago, Illinois

• Canton, Ohio

• New Canton, Virginia

• Washington, D.C.

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

• Sharecropper

• Miner

• Teacher

• Coliseum exhibitor

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

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

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

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

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