Black History Quiz

Who created Black History Week, which later became Black History Month?

• Frederick Douglass

• Carter G. Woodson

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• W.E.B. Du Bois

In which month is Black History Month celebrated in the U.S.?

• January

• February

• March

• April

What was the main cause of the American Civil War?

• Land disputes

• Taxation

• Slavery

• Women's rights

What were the two opposing sides in the Civil War?

• The Patriots and the Loyalists

• The Union and the Confederacy

• The North and the South-West

• The Colonists and the British

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A subway system

• A railway for cotton transportation

• A war strategy

• A secret network helping enslaved people escape

Who was one of the most famous conductors of the Underground Railroad?

• Rosa Parks

• Harriet Tubman

• Malcolm X

• Abraham Lincoln

What were the Jim Crow Laws?

• Laws that promoted racial segregation

• Laws that freed enslaved people

• Laws protecting voting rights

• Laws that ended slavery

Which landmark Supreme Court decision ended school segregation in 1954?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

• A political movement

• A cultural and artistic movement in the 1920s

• A civil rights protest

• A religious revival

Who was a famous poet of the Harlem Renaissance?

• Langston Hughes

• Toni Morrison

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass