Ida B. Wells Quiz

What was significant about her candidacy for the Illinois legislature?

• She was the first woman to run for office.

• She was one of the first black women in the nation to run for public office.

• She was the youngest candidate.

• She was the first to win the election.

What job did Ida B. Wells take while waiting to take the teaching examination in Memphis?

• Carpenter

• Cook

• Teacher in Woodstock

• Newspaper editor

What significant event did Ida B. Wells' family witness during the Civil War?

• The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

• The surrender of Confederate Mississippi

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The assassination of Abraham Lincoln

How old was she when she died?

• Sixty-seven

• Sixty-eight

• Sixty-nine

• Seventy

What was the outcome of Ida B. Wells' lawsuit against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad?

• She won and kept the victory

• She lost the case

• She won but the victory was reversed

• The case was dismissed

What epidemic caused the death of Ida B. Wells' parents and brother?

• Yellow Fever

• Cholera

• Smallpox

• Influenza

What was the occupation of Ida B. Wells' father, James Wells?

• Cook

• Carpenter

• Teacher

• Lawyer

How many emancipated African Americans in Mississippi had to look for jobs after the Civil War?

• 100,000

• 250,000

• 450,000

• 600,000

What organization did Ida B. Wells help form in 1909?

• NAACP

• UNCF

• ACLU

• CORE

In what year did she die?

• 1930

• 1931

• 1932

• 1933