Black History Quiz

What is one of the things Harriet Tubman did during the Civil War?

• She worked to get women the right to

  vote.

• She fixed trains on the Underground

  Railroad.

• She was a passenger on the

  Underground Railroad.

• She guided Union soldiers around

  different areas.

What was the Underground Railroad?

• a group who helped people escape

  slavery

• a tunnel between Maryland and

  Pennsylvania

• a train that took enslaved people to

  safe places

• a farm where Harriet Tubman was

  forced to work

Which happened FIRST?

• Branch Rickey signs Jackie Robinson.

• Jackie Robinson wins Rookie of the

  Year.

• Jackie Robinson plays baseball in the

  Negro League.

• Jackie Robinson starts playing for the

  Brooklyn Dodgers.

What did Jackie Robinson do when people mistreated him

after he started playing in the major leagues?

• He ignored them and focused on

  playing baseball.

• He asked to be moved to a different

  baseball team.

• He yelled at people who mistreated

  him.

• He quit baseball and started a new

  career.

Rosa Parks PROTESTED segregation. What did she do?

• She challenged an unfair practice of

  discrimination.

• She challenged people to stop bus

  pollution.

• She supported separating blacks and

  whites.

• She supported bus

What happened during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Blacks and whites rode the bus to

  school together.

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I

  Have a Dream" speech.

• Thousands of people refused to ride

  the bus in protest.

• Rosa Parks protested buses because

  they cause pollution.

Which sentence about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is FALSE?

• He believed that people of all races

  should have the same rights.

• He spoke with government leaders to

  help make changes to laws.

• He organized marches, boycotts, and

  sit-ins around the country.

• He thought violent protests were the

  only way to get equal rights.

When did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech?

• During the Montgomery Bus Boycott

• During a rally in Birmingham, Alabama

• At a protest in Memphis, Tennessee

• At the March on Washington in 1963

Which happened FIRST?

• The Supreme Court ruled against

  segregation in schools.

• U.S. Marshals protected Ruby as she

  went to school.

• Ruby took a difficult test to get into a

  white school.

• Eleanor Roosevelt wrote a letter to

  encourage Ruby.

What is one reason why Ruby Bridges is a role model?

• She won the Supreme Court case that

  ended segregation in schools.

• She bravely stood up for equal rights

  when she integrated a school.

• She worked with Eleanor Roosevelt to

  end segregation.

• She became the fi rst African-

  American U.S. Marshal.